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ROBERT  ERNEST  COWAN 


CAPTAIN    IOHN    HANCE, 
The  well-known  Guidi   ol  the  Grand  Canon  oi  the  Colorado  River. 


PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS 


OF    THE 


Grand  ganon  of  the  Colorado  River 

NEAR  FLAGSTAFF,  ARIZONA 

AS    SEEN    THROUGH    NEARLY    TWO    THOUSAND    EYES,    AND 

WRITTEN     IN     THE     PRIVATE     VISITORS'    BOOK 

OF   THE    WORLD-FAMOUS    GUIDE 

CAPT.   JOHN    HANCE 

GUIDE,    STORY-TELLER,    AND    PATH-FINDER 

COLLECTED  AND  COMPILED   BY 

G.  K.  WOODS 


Published  for  G.  K.  Woods,  Flagstaff,  Arizona  Tf.rritorv 

by 

THE  WHITAKER  &   RAY   COMPANY 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

1899 


Copyright,  1S99,  by 
('..  K.  WOODS. 


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DEDICATION 

TO  THE  PATRONS  OF  THIS  WORK 

/"T~VHIS  work  is  respectfully  dedicated  the  many- 
writers  who  have  enabled  me  to  present  to 
the  world  ideas  of  what  this  great  masterpiece  of 
nature  looks  like  (by  their  gratuitous  contributions 
of  the  impression  made  upon  their  minds  after 
viewing  this  stupendous  canon),  and  I  sincerely 
hope  that  the  many  tourists,  pleasure-seekers,  and 
L_  students  of  nature  who  in  the  future  visit  this 
grand  work  of  nature  will  bestow  on  those  who 
have  herein  contributed  to  the  enlightenment  of 
the  people  at  large  full  measure  for  their  expressions. 

Respectfully  yours, 

G.  K.  WOODS. 


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PREFACE. 


To  the  Patrons  of  this  Volume:  This  is  not 
a  descriptive  writing  on  the  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Colorado  River,  but  a  record  of  the  impressions  creat- 
ed upon  the  minds  of  individual  visitors,  at  various 
times  and  under  different  circumstances,  and  written 
in  the  private  visitors'  book  of  Capt.  John  Hance, 
the  famous  Grand  Canon  guide.  It  covers  a  period 
of  ten  years,  and  partially  describes  the  trip  by  stage 
from  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  and  return,  under  the  man- 
agement of  G.  K.  Woods,  General  Manager  of  the 
Grand     Canon    stage    line,     owned    and     operated    by 

J.    Wilbur   Thurbur. 

G.   K.  WOODS. 

Flagstaff,  A.    T.,    March    i,    1899. 


CONTENTS. 

Pack 

Flagstaff,  Arizona J5 

To  the  Traveling  Public '9 

The  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  (by  J.  Curtis  Wasson) 23 

Notice  to  the  Reader 29 

Personal  Impressions  of  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River 31 

Poem:  The  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  (by  C.  R.  Pattee) 129 

The  Stalactite  Caves  of  the  Grand  Canon  (by  J.  Curtis  Wasson) 133 

"The  World  Is  Cleft"  —  ("  Fitz-Mac"  on  the  Wonders  of  the  Grand  Canon)    .  137 

The  Grand  Canon  Cavern T49 

An  Enthusiastic  Description  (by  G.  Wharton  James) 155 

The  Grand  Canon l6: 

How  to  Get  There l63 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Frontispiece  (Capt.  John  I  lance)  page 

J.  Wilbur  Thurbur 6 

Flagstaff,  Arizona 14 

G.  K.  Woods 18 

Colorado  River  —  Foot  of  Grand  View  Trail 22 

Grandeur  Ridge  —  on  the  Grand  View  Trail 28 

San  Francisco  Mountains 35 

Cottonwood  Caiion 41 

Horseshoe  Point  —  Grand  View  Trail 47 

Mode  of  Travel  in  the  Grand  Canon 53 

Scene  on  the  Grand  View  Trail 58 

Colorado  River  —  Looking  up  from  Grand  View  Trail 67 

Water  Train  —  Grand  View  Trail 75 

A  Resting-Place  —  Head  of  Grand  View  Trail 83 

A  Commodious  Tent  — Grand  Canon 91 

Chimney  Rock  —  Grand  Caiion 99 

Scene  from  Hotel  Point — Grand  Caiion 107 

Waterfall  —  Grand  Caiion 115 

Original  Hance  Cabin,  1885 123 

Head  of  Cottonwood  Caiion  —  Grand  View  Trail 12S 

Scene  in  the  Stalactite  Caves 132 

Hance  Falls  —  Grand  Caiion 136 

Coconino  Cycle  Club 141 

Hotel  and  Tents  — Grand  Canon 148 

Going  to  the  Grand  Canon 154 

Scene  on  the  Hance  Trail 160 

Grand  Caiion  Stages  at  Flagstaff 162 


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FLAGSTAFF,    ARIZONA. 

THE    GATEWAY    TO    THE    GRAND    CANON    OF    THE    COLORADO    RIVER. 

Nestling  at  the  base  of  the  San  Francisco  Mountains,  and  pro- 
tected from  Boreas's  biting  blasts  by  vast  forests  of  pines,  is  Flag- 
staff, the  county  seat  of  Coconino  County,  or,  as  it  has  been  very 
appropriately  termed,  "  The  Skylight  City."  It  is  a  thriving  town 
of  about  three  thousand  inhabitants,  situated  on  the  main  line  of 
the  Santa  Fe  Pacific  Railroad,  which  runs  in  connection  with  the 
Great  Santa  Fe  system,  whose  branches  reach  out  in  every  direction 
from  the  Eastern  States  to  the  Pacific  Coast. 


15 


G.    K.    WOODS, 

The  gentlemanly  Manager  of  the  Grand  Canon  Stage  Line,  to  whom  all 

letters  for  information  on  the  Grand  Canon  —  stage  and  hotel 

rates,  etc. —  are  respectfully  referred. 


TO  THE  TRAVELING  PUBLIC. 

The  following  compilation,  taken  from  the  Visitor's  Book  of 
Captain  John  Hance,  the  famous  guide  of  the  Grand  Canon,  covers 
a  period  of  ten  years.  It  is  put  into  book  form  under  the  imme- 
diate supervision  of  G.  K.  Woods,  General  Manager  of  the  Grand 
Canon  Stage  Line,  and  is  now  on  sale  at  his  office  in  Flagstaff, 
Arizona.  It  is  not  written  by  G.  K.  Woods,  but  is  made  up  from 
the  actual  sentiments  of  a  few  of  the  many  visitors  to  the  Grand 
Canon  in  the  past  ten  years.  These  expressions,  the  reader  will 
readily  understand,  are  the  ideas  of  the  visitors,  impressed  upon 
their  minds  after  viewing  the  Grand  Canon,  and  written  by  them 
individually  in  the  Visitor's  Book,  from  which  these  data  are  taken. 
No  well-known  European  or  American  writer  could  under  any 
circumstance  give  as  vivid  a  description  of  the  grandeur  of  the 
panoramic  scenery  of  the  Grand  Canon  as  is  furnished  by  G.  K. 
Woods's  book,  set  forth  by  the  hands  of  hundreds  of  visitors  from 
all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Europe.  Many  of  the  names 
the  reader  will  readily  recognize.  Further  than  what  the  following 
pages  furnish  nothing  need  be  said  of  this  region  of  the  Grand 
Canon.  Tourists  on  a  transcontinental  tour,  besides  enjoying  the 
many  comforts  and  privileges  granted  by  the  Atchison,  Topeka  & 
Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company,  are  allowed  stop-over  privileges  at 
Flagstaff,  Arizona,  giving  ample  opportunity  to  take  in  the  beauties 
of  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  and  the  panoramic  frontier 
scenery  of  the  country  from  Flagstaff  to  that  wonderful  region. 
The  trip  can  be  made  by  the  latest  mode  of  transportation, —  "  The 
Auto-Mobile  Carriage,"  —  or  by  the  well-tried  and  thoroughly 
reliable  Concord  coach,  which  is  the  chief  equipment  of  J.  Wilbur 
Thurbur's  Grand  Canon  Stage  Line. 

After  five  years  of  careful  observation  from  many  points  of  the 
Grand  Canon,  I  dedicate  this  work  to  the  traveling  public,  with  the 
assurance  that  the  original  expressions  exist;  and  it  will  give  me 
pleasure  to  produce  them  at  any  time  they  may  be  called  fo  at 
Flagstaff,  Arizona  Territory.  G.  K.  Woods. 

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COLORADO    RIVER — FOOT    OF    GRAND    VIEW    TRAIL. 


THE  GRAND  CANON  OF  THE  COLORADO  RIVER. 

By  J.  Curtis  Wasson. 

From  Flagstaff,  the  point  at  which  tourists  leave  the  Santa  Fe 
system,  for  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado,  at  7  a.m.,  our  stage 
and  six  goes  out  within  the  folds  of  the  towering  pines  of  the  great 
Coconino  Forest,  driving  through  parks  lately  made  verdant  by  the 
summer  showers,  until  we  have  belted  the  base  of  the  great  San 
Francisco  Mountains — the  highest  and  most  picturesque  of  all  the 
ranges  in  the  Southwest — mountains  upon  whose  summits  may  be 
seen  the  perpetual  snows,  and  from  whose  heights  may  be  had  the 
most  extensive  view  in  the  West,  and  the  most  beautiful  in  all  the 
ranges  of  the  Rockies — most  extensive,  because  of  the  atmospheric 
conditions,  as  attested  by  the  establishment  of  the  Lowell  Observa- 
tory here — most  beautiful,  on  account  of  the  varied  coloring  in  the 
geological  formations. 

Arriving  at  Little  Springs  Station,  where  a  new  relay  of  horses 
is  added,  we  make  haste  until  the  half-way  station  is  reached, 
passing  through  a  fine  unbroken  forest  of  Pinus  ponderosa,  quaking 
aspen,  balsam  fir,  and  spruce.  The  clear,  open  forest,  the  waving 
grasses,  the  gorgeously  colored  mountain  flowers,  the  occasional 
chirp  of  the  forest  songsters,  the  clear,  ice-cold  springs  traversing 
our  smooth  compact  road,  the  peaks,  clear-cut,  cold,  and  massive, 
towering  up  nearly  14,000  feet  into  the  blue  above,  with  now  and 
then  a  band  of  mountain  deer  bounding  speedily  around  some 
curve,  like  enchanted  sprites  from  fairyland,  the  low  rumbling  of 
our  great  Concord  stage,  the  sound  of  two  dozen  hoofs,  the  sharp 
crack  of  the  driver's  whip,  the  clear,  cold,  bracing  atmosphere, 
every  breath  of  which  seems  to  stimulate,  the  indescribably  beautiful 
Painted  Desert  outstretching  for  a  hundred  miles  to  our  right, — 
amid  such  environments  as  these  one  may  revel  in  the  wonders  of 
Nature  and   feel    the    magic  touch   of   her    hand    divine  —  for  here 

23 


24  PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 

indeed    is    a    drive    ideal,   amid    scenes    real,   grandly    austere,   yet 
inspiringly  touched  by  the  sweetest  of  her  graces. 

One  fain  would  linger  on  scenes  like  these  but  we  have 
arrived  at  Cedar  Station,  and  after  partaking  of  a  very  refreshing 
luncheon  we  are  given  a  new  relay  of  horses  and  hasten  over  the 
desert  portion  of  our  ride  to  Moqui  Station,  where  another  relay  is 
provided,  which  takes  us  to  the  Canon  Hotel,  at  the  rim  of  the 
canon,  where  we  arrive  at  7  o'clock  p.  M. 

Leaving  our  Concord  stage,  giving  our  grips  to  the  porter,  not 
even  waiting  for  "  facial  ablutions,"  we  hasten  across  the  yard  and 
up  to  the  rim  of  the  canon,  when,  looking  over — the  Chasm  of  the 
Creator,  the  Gulf  of  God,  the  Erosion  of  the  Ages,  lies  in  all  its 
awfulness  before  us, —  awful,  yet  grand;  appalling,  yet  attractive; 
awe  inspiring,  yet  fascinating  in  its  greetings. 

To  speak  of  its  dimensions  as  being  240  miles  long,  12  to  15 
miles  wide,  and  6,000  feet  in  depth,  conveys  no  idea  of  the  Grand 
Canon.  One  must  read  to  enjoy,  see  to  appreciate,  and  examine 
to  realize  this,  the  greatest  scenic  attraction  in  the  world. 

But  little  is  absolute,  much  is  relative,  and  for  this  reason  extent 
can  not  be  appreciated  in  the  Grand  Canon.  When  we  are  told 
that  the  opposite  rim,  which  seems  but  a  pistol-shot  away,  is  over 
fifteen  miles  from  where  we  are  standing,  we  are  amazed.  When  we 
are  told  that  down  a  little  to  our  left,  where  may  be  outlined  but 
dimly  a  small  mound,  our  eyes  behold  a  mountain  over  1,600  feet 
hicfh;  when  we  are  told  that  the  white  sheet  of  water  to  be  seen  far 
down  the  canon,  seemingly  but  a  mere  brook  over  which  one  might 
step  with  ease,  is  nearly  600  feet  in  width;  when  we  are  told  that 
yon  two  pedestals  which  barely  jut  out  above  the  basic  Cliff  are  over 
600  feet  in  height;  when  we  are  told  these  truths  and  many  more 
which  might  be  added,  no  wonder  that  our  eyes  seem  to  apologize, 
and  our  judgment  is  "relegated  for  repairs," — no  wonder  that  we 
are  awed  by  the  enormous  proportions,  and  the  mighty  magnitude 
of  this  Awful  Abyss! 

Although  our   eyes   and  judgment  may    need    to    be   readjusted 


GRAND   CANON    OF   THE   COLORADO    RIVER.  25 

that  we  may  appreciate  the  extent  of  this  "  erosive  entity,"  yet  the 
soul  never  fails  to  respond  to  the  entrancing  charm  and  fascinating 
beauty  of  this  scene  of  scenes,  this  phenomenon  of  phenomena. 

There  is  a  triune  strata  of  the  canon,  ranging  from  the  limestone 
formation  above,  with  all  its  graduated  colors,  variegated  from  a 
mottled  sable  to  an  ermine  white,  the  dark  juttings  being  grim 
imaginary  statues  typical  of  Pluto's  realm,  but  counterbalanced 
by  the  statues  standing  here  and  there,  lapped  and  overlapped,  by 
the  soft  white  folds  left  by  the  erosion  of  centuries,  and  typical  of 
the  heraldry  of  a  summer  clime  and  a  kindlier  kin,  extending  into 
the  ruddy  sandstone  beneath,  whose  granulated  formation  invites 
that  sculptor  of  the  ages  —  Erosion —  who  wields  her  wand  o'er  her 
handmaids  of  wind  and  water,  and  asks  naught  for  the  execution  of 
her  mandates  but  cycles- — cycles  of  time — and  her  wish  is  granted. 

This  sandstone  formation  continues  down  to  the  granite,  whose 
massive  solidity  seems  a  typical  base  upon  which  to  rest  a  mile  of 
statuary — peaks,  promontories,  and  mountains. 

Upon  all  this  fancy  the  added  beauty  of  the  immortal  glory  of  a 
sunset  glow,  whose  variegated  colors,  hues,  and  tints  resolve  one 
into  another,  playing,  dancing,  reveling  in  the  scenic  harvest  like 
fairies  whose  setting  sun  must  sound  their  knell  of  doom,  now 
growing  bolder,  keener,  deeper,  richer,  only  to  again  retreat  to  be 
combined  once  more. 

The  sun  sinks  in  the  west,  when  the  colors,  bidding  each  other 
good-night,  whirl  as  if  in  courtesy,  and  recede  from  sight.  Their 
going  has  left  us  the  poorer.  Whom  did  they  enrich  ?  None, 
save  the  fantasies  of  memory. 

Lost  in  revelry,  we  do  not  notice  that  the  moon,  whose  beams 
even  now,  using  each  projecting  butte  as  a  dim  lantern  from  which 
to  reflect  its  glimmering,  quivering  light,  has  risen  in  the  east. 

We  then  return  to  the  Grand  Canon  Hotel,  built  upon  its  rim, 
and  after  enjoying  its  luxurious  service,  alternated  by  various  trips 
down  the  several  trails,  we  go  back  to  Flagstaff,  by  the  Grand 
Canon  stage  route,  which,  I  am  free  to  say,  gives  the  swiftest  and 
best  service  of  any  route  in  the  Southwest. 


GRANDEUR    RIDGE  —  ON   THE    GRAND    VIEW    TRAIL. 


NOTICE  TO  THE  READER 


The  pages  which  follow  contain  the  ideas  of  a 
few  of  the  many  hundreds  of  visitors  who  have  visited 
the  Grand  Canon  over  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fe  Route,  via  Flagstaff,  Arizona.  The  reader  will 
note  that  some  of  the  writers  reside  in  Arizona,  but 
most  of  the  visitors  are  from  other  portions  of  the 
United  States  and  from  Europe.  Many  of  the  tourists 
who  have  herein  expressed  themselves  are  well-known 
pleasure-seekers  and  admirers  of  Nature  in  her  grand- 
est forms.  They  have  visited  such  points  of  interest 
as  the  Alps  in  Switzerland,  the  various  attractions  in 
Germany,  the  Highlands  of  Scotland,  have  seen  the 
sparkling  waters  of  the  Thames,  England,  the  Giant's 
Causeway  in  Ireland, —  but  have  not  kissed  the  blarney- 
stone.  They  concede  that  while  America,  from  a 
scenic  standpoint,  has  many  beauties  —  the  great 
Niagara  Falls,  the  Yellowstone  Park  in  Montana, 
the  Natural  Bridge  in  Virginia,  the  Yosemite  Valley 
in  California,  with  its  Mirror  Lake  and  grand  peaks  — 
all  these  sink  into  insignificance  when  compared  with 
Nature's  greatest  attraction,  the  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Colorado. 


PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS 

OF  THB 

GRAND   CANON   OF   THE   COLORADO   RIVER. 


April  16-20,  1891. 

QIFFORD   PINCHOB, 

New  York. 

Went  to  the  river.  Time  from  head  of 
trail  to  river  and  back  to  head  of  trail, 
9  hours  and  55  minutes. 

April  20,  1891. 

J.  M.  SIMPSON, 

The  world  hath  many  sights  for  the 
tourist  and  recreation  seeker  to  look 
upon,  but  none  therein  contained,  begin 
to  compare  with  the  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Colorado  River,  as  seen  seventy  miles 
north  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

CHARLES  Q.  THOMAS, 
AND  WIFE,  Chicago,  111. 

Arrived  May  15,  1891;  remained  two 
days. 

H.  P.  ALDRICH  AND  WIFE, 

Albuquerque,  N.  M. 

Arrived  May  15,  1891;  remained  two 
days. 

May  is,  1891. 

M.  J.  KEYS,  Correspondent, 

St.  Joseph  (no.)  Gazette. 

Went  to  the  river.  Time  from  head  of 
trail,  9  hours,  26  minutes. 

M.  H.  POST,  M.  D. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Arrived  May  16th,  left  18th;  went  to 
cabin  in  Canon  17th. 


May  18,  189 1. 

E.  S.  WILCOX,  Flagstaff, 

Arizona. 


May  20,  1891. 

CHARLEY  GREENLAW, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  20,  1 89 1. 

rirs.  GEO.  T.  DORNLIFF, 

Illinois. 

I  can  cheerfully  say  that  this,  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  River,  is  the  grand- 
est sight  of  my  life  —as  I  noticed  in  this 
little  book  of  Capt.  John  Hance,  a  great 
many  people  say  indescribable.  I  can 
say  nothing  more.  It  is  beyond  reason 
to  think  of  describing  it  in  any  way.  You 
must  see  it  to  appreciate  it.  'A  grand 
sight  of  this  kind  and  so  few  people 
know  of  it.  By  accident  I  formed  the 
acquaintance  of  two  ladies  en  route  to 
the  Grand  Canon.  I  joined  them.  We 
have  enjoyed  our  trip;  the  stage  ride 
from  Flagstaff  to  the  Grand  Canon  is 
grand.  Good  horses,  competent  and 
accommodating  drivers.  I  have  seen  the 
Yosemite,  have  visited  California  several 
different  times,  in  fact  seen  all  the  prin- 
cipal points  of  interest  in  the  United 
States,  but  the  most  wonderful,  awe-in- 
spiring piece  of  Nature's  own  work  is  this, 
the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River. 


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PERSONAL     IMPRESSIONS    OF    THE 


May  20,  i8gi. 

JOHN  DONAHUE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


May  20,  iSgr. 

H.  HELLER, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  22,  1891. 

E.  RANDOLPH, 

Red  Horse,  Arizona. 

May  22,  1891. 

F.  L.  ARHSTRONG, 

Red  Horse,  Arizona. 


JOHN  C.  FURflAN, 


New  York. 


ROBERT  GRAWSHAY, 

London,  England. 

Arrived  May  23;  left  24,  1S91;  and  very 
sorry  to  have  so  little  time. 

LAWRENCE  FERRIER, 
(Yia  New  York,) 

Edinburgh,  Scotland. 


A.  C.  HORSE, 


Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


J.  A.  HARRISON, 


Chicago,  111. 


May  24,  1891. 

JAHES  S.  CRAWFORD, 

Ayr,  Scotland. 

May  25,   189T. 

CHARLES  W.  MERRILL 

AND  WIFE,  Indianapolis. 

May  25,  189  r. 

HERI1AN  D.  OLESON, 

Sweden. 

I  travel  thousands  of  miles  every  year, 
and  think  I  have  seen  all  the  sights  of 
the  world.  I  have  been  traveling  for  the 
past  ten  years.  The  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Colorado  River  is  the  most  wonderful 
piece  of  work  I  have  ever  seen.  Myself 
and  Capt.  John  Hance  have  been  going 
for  two  days.  Into  the  canon  the  first 
day,  the  rim  the  second.  The  most  beau- 
tiful view  I  think  is  from  Moran  Point. 
Let  me  advise  all  to  take  one  of  the 
Captain's  horses  in  going  to  the  river. 
Thanking  the  good  people  at  this  hotel 
and  Capt.  Hance,  I  bid  you  all  good-by. 

O.  J.   HODGE, 

VIRGINIA  SHEDD  HODGE, 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Arrived  May  27;  departed  May  29, 1891. 
We  have  seen  the  Yosemite,  the  Yellow- 
stone, Mt.  Hood,  Mt.  Blanc,  and  traveled 
through  Alaska,  but  never  saw  anything 
so  grand,  so  sublime,  and  so  marvelous 
as  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado 
River  from  this  point.  God  bless  our 
friend  John  Hance ! 


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33 


May  29,  1891. 
ALFRED  L.  DICKENSON, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

June  1,  1891. 

r\rs.  D.  ROBERTS, 

New  York. 

My  trip  has  been  a  pleasant  one  to  the 
Grand  Canon.  The  canon  itself  is  beauti- 
ful. The  immensity  and  grandeur  of  this 
canon  cannot  be  appreciated  unless  you 
see  it.  No  one  has  any  idea  of  its  great- 
ness till  once  you  stand  on  the  rim  and 
look  down  upon  this  wonderful  piece  of 
Nature's  own  work. 

June  3,   1891. 

HARRY  L.  YOUNG, 
HAY  J.  YOUNG, 

Shamokin,  Pa. 

GEO.  A.  CLARK, 

flinneapolis,  Minn. 

Arrived  June  2;  left  June  4,  1891. 

J.  B.  SMITH, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

Arrived  June  2;  departed  June  4,  1891. 

JtDie  10,   1891. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  STREETER, 

Boston. 

Nature's  own  work  is  most  beautiful. 
I  can  scarcely  believe  my  own  eyes.  I 
can  say  nothing.     The  Grand  Canon  is 


here.  Come  and  see  it  for  yourself.  You 
cannot  be  disappointed.  So  far  beyond 
my  expectations.  Captain  John  Hance 
is  here,  too.  He  will  interest  you  if  the 
canon  doesn't. 


Thursday,  Ju?ie  11,   1891. 

JULES  BAUMANN,  Artist, 

Prescott,  Arizona. 

D.  T.  McDOUGLE,  U.  S., 
Botanist, 

La  Fayette,  Ind. 


Thursday,  June  11,   1891. 
JAMES  L.  STONE, 


Missouri. 


CAL.  OSBON, 

Born  Nov.  20,  1849,  in  Indiana;  went 
to  California  in  1S74;  then  to  Oregon; 
1877,  back  to  California,  18S4;  went  to 
Tucson,  Arizona,  landed  in  Flagstaff, 
Arizona,  1891.  I  make  views  as  a  spec- 
ialty of  Arizona.  I  have  views  all  down 
the  trail  to  the  falls. 

Mr.  and  firs.  J.  EUGENE 
BROWNING, 

78  Cotton  Exchange, 

New  York  City. 

Arrived  June  16;  left  June  iS,  1S91. 

June  18,  1891. 
N.  J.  CAMERON, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


June  24,   iSgi . 
J.  M.  CLARK, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

June  24,   i8gi. 

W.  R.  WORTH, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

T.  A.  PARSONS, 
J.  n.  PARSONS, 
CHAS.  PARSONS, 

All  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1891. 

WALTER  DOUGLASS, 

99  John  St.,  N.  Y. 

ALEX.  nACKENZIE, 

11   Clift  St.,  N.  Y. 

Commercial  Mining  Company. 

1891. 

AUGUST  J.  BOWIE, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

July  18,  1891. 

J.  H.  WRIGHT, 

New  York  City. 

F.  N.   BARRETT, 

New  York  City. 


CHAS.  E.  PICKERSON, 

New  York. 


JAMES  M.  FARRAR, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

CORA  A.  SniTH, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Went  down  into  cation  July  19,  1891. 

DAISY  SIMPSON, 

Montreal,  Canada. 

Went  down  into  canon  July  19,  189*. 

CELIN  JEANNETTE  BARRETT, 

New  York. 

Down  into  the  canon  July  19  and  20, 
1891. 

LEWIS  D.  BOUCHER, 

Sherbrooke,  P.  Q.,  Canada. 

1 89 1. 

GEO.  W.  McADAMS, 

Ellington  Lake. 

July  21,   1891. 

CHAS.  COLLINS, 

Springfield,  flo. 


CHAS.  L.  RICKERSON,  July  21,   1891. 

Arizona.  PABLO  A.  GARCIA. 


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Over  the  falls  at  midnight. 
The  lost,  strayed,  or  stolen  party. 
Arrived  on  July  21,   1891;  left  on  July 
24,  1891. 

L.  H.  WRIGHT, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

MARY  KELLAM, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

ARLETTA  ERODE, 

Buda,  III. 

LAURA  HOXWORTH, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

IRENE  HOXWORTH, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

S.  N.  PECK, 

Phcenix,  Arizona. 

J.  R.  LOCKETT, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

E.  A.  SLIKER, 

Cincinnati,  O. 

Chaperoned  by  Mrs.  J.  F.  DAQQS, 
Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

Oh,  what  fun  at  the  last  falls  !    Ask  any 
of  the  party  about  it. 


A.  NELSON, 


Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


August  9,  i8gi. 

D.  P.  HOOKER, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


WM.  MERRELL, 

Leavenworth,  Kan. 

Went  down  in  canon  with  D.  P.  Hooker, 
August  10,  1891,  to  cabin,  and  returned 
same  day.  Mr.  Merrell's  age  is  eighty 
years. 


F.  FAIRCHILDS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  16,  1891. 

THEO.  F.  HOLDEN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  16,  1 8 9 1. 

OEO.  B.  JOHNSON, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  16,  1 891. 

HELENA  JOHNSON, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  16,  1891. 

ELIZABETH  HOLDEN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  76,   1891. 
W.  F.   HULL. 

First  entered  the  canon  June  22,  18S4; 
June  26, 1884,  commenced  surveying  road 
from  canon  to  Cedar  Ranch,  in  company 
with  Silas  Ruggles  and  John  Hance.  First 
visit  to  the  canon  in  February,  1S80. 

I.  O.  O.  F.,  K.  of  P.,  F.  A.  M. 

August  77,  1 891. 

GEO.  R.  DECAflP. 

This  is  the  greatest  sight  on  earth.  I 
have  seen  almost  everything  in  the  way 
of  canons,  but  this  beats  them  all.  You 
will  have  to  see  it;  no  one  can  tell  you 
about  it. 


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PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


August  iS,  iSqi. 

D.  E.  1SABELLE, 

E.  n.  1SABELLE, 
Hrs.  M.   W.   HALL, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


August  ip,  iSgr. 
n.  F.  GENNINGS. 


Hiss  HARRIETT  COLTON, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


FLORENCE  N.   DUKES, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


EMHA   SPALDING, 

Prescott,  Arizona. 


ALICE  METZ, 


Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


Lieut.  Q.   H.  HORGAN,    U.  S.  A. 
Late  of  Texas. 


nrs.   WM.  CARROLL, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


JOHN  DONOVON, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


C.   E.   HOWARD, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


P.  H.  HOLT, 


Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


August  IQ,  1 891. 

rir.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  MEYLERT, 
Mr.  and  ITrs.  A.  A.  KEEN, 
Hrs.  ANDREW  SHITH, 
Hiss  LILLIAN   HIRST, 

Albuquerque. 

Hrs.  T.  J.   WOODSIDE, 

El  Paso. 
r\rs.  S.  S.  PRATT, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
L.  M.  LATTA, 

Bluewater,   N.  Y. 
H.  PERKINS, 

Holbrook,  Arizona. 

Chaperoned  by 

Hrs.  G.  W.  /TEYLERT. 

Left  for  Flagstaff  on   the  morning  of 
August  2i,  1891. 


August  21,   1S91. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  T.  HAYES. 

We  have  enjoyed  our  trip.  It  is  worth 
seeing.  Wish  we  could  stay  a  week.  The 
grandest  sight  of  our  lives. 


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39 


AllgUSt   21,    1 89I. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  FAIRCHILDS 
AND  FAMILY, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

J.  C.  GRIM, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  GRIM, 
FRED  GRIM, 
BURTON  GRIM, 
CLARA  GRIM, 
LILLIE  JONES, 

AH  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  jo,  1801. 

geo.  Mccormick, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

A.  J.  COOPER, 

GEO.  SMITH, 

D.  K.  TRIPP, 

All  of  Chicago,  111. 

August  jo,  1 891. 

J.  W.  WATSON, 

1st  Lieut.  10th  Cavalry, 

Ft.  Bayard,  N.  M. 

August  jo,  1 89 1. 

J.  W.  HEARDY, 

First  Lieut.  3d  U.  S.  Cavalry, 
San  Antonio,  Texas. 


August  jo,  1891. 

F.  G.  IRWIN, 

First  Lieut.  Second  U.  S.  Cavalry, 
Fort  Bowie,  Arizona. 


August  j  1,  1 89 1. 

M.  R.  PETERSON, 

Second  Lieut.  Tenth  Infantry, 

Fort  Wingate,  N.  M. 

August  ji,  1891. 

EUGENE  HARLOW, 

From  Johnnie  Bull's  Islands. 

Visited  the  canon  and  all  trails,  in  com- 
pany with  Captain  Hance.  Very  grand, 
and  I  think  I  shall  show  my  good  sense 
not  trying  to  descend  this  unique  canon  of 
the  earth. 


J.  W.  POWERS, 

Washington,  D.  C. 


D.  M.  RIORDAN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


September  26,  1891. 

MARY  CAROLINE  HUGHES, 

Cambridge,  Eng. 

Dr.  FRITZ  FRECH, 

Berlin,  Germany. 

Dr.  WRIFINZ, 

Tubingen,  Germany. 

Dr.  D.  MARCHAND, 

Photo  Artist  London  "Graphic." 
Dr.    Baron  SIBNEY   WOHRMANN 

HOLHEN, 

Livonia,  Germany. 

Dr.  A.  BOTPLETZ, 

Municha,  Germany. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THK 


Dr.  H.  CREDNER. 

Leipzig,  Germany. 

Dr.  JOHANNES  WALTHER, 

Feria,  Germany. 

Dr.  RUDOLF  CRIDNER, 

Germany. 
Dr.  A.  ULR1CH, 

Strasburg,  Deutchland. 

H.  M.  CADELL, 

Grange  Boness,  Scotland. 

WILLARD  D.  JOHNSON, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

ALFRED  HARKER, 
WM.  KERNEY  HUGHES, 

Cambridge,   England. 

Dr.  AUG.  STRENG, 

Professor  from  Giessen,  Ger. 

Dr.  D.  J.   BRANNEN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

Dr.  JOHN  R.   HAYNES, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Dr.  GEO.  V.  J.   BERINE, 

Halle  A.  L.,  Germany. 

F.  PLIENINGER, 

KAYSER, 

Marburg,  Germany. 

I.  ROM  BURG, 

Berlin,  Germany. 

Dr.  CARL  DIERMER, 

Yienna,  Austria. 
H.  TOLLIEZ, 

Professor  University  Lausanne, 
Switzerland. 

ERNEST  YANDEN   BROEK, 

Buinelles,  Belgieque. 

MORZ  LOHERTSIEGE, 

Belgieque. 


Dr.  Y.  ZITTEL, 

Municha,  Germany. 

E.  DeMARGERIE, 

Paris,  France. 
Dr.  BURGEART, 

"Mente  et  Malleo," 

Munchen,  Bayern. 

The  above  parties  belonging  to  the  In- 
ternational Geological  Congress. 

Dr.  GEO.  H.  POWERS, 
CORNELIA  C.  POWERS, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Mrs.  A.  D.  MARCHAND, 
Mr.  A.  D.  MARCHAND, 

268  S.  Main  Street, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


September,  i8gi. 
E.  R.  HERMAN, 


California. 


By  all  means  visit  the  Grand  Canon  of 
the  Colorado  River,  in  Arizona.  See 
1  lance,  too. 

October  3,   i8gi. 

Mrs.  GEO.  WINFIELD  ROOPE, 
Boston,  Mass. 

October  j,  1891. 

C.  C.  HITCHCOCK, 
M.  E.  HITCHCOCK, 

Ware,  Mass. 

We  repeat  the  sentiment  expressed  by 
O.J.  Hodge,  that  "we  have  visited  the 
Yosemite,  the  Yellowstone,  Mt.  Hood, 
Mt.  Blanc,  and  traveled  through  Alaska, 


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but  never  saw  anything  so  grand,  so  sub- 
lime, and  so  marvelous  as  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado,  from  this  point. 
God  bless  our  friend  John  Hance." 


October  ij,  i8gi. 
O.  S.  GARNER, 


A.  H.  SMUTZ, 


Fresno,  Cal. 


October  j,  i8gi. 
C.  C.  HITCHCOCK. 

Left  head  of  trail  for  river  at  6:40  a.m., 
reached  Hance's cabin,  7:55  A.M.;  arrived 
at  Colorado  River,  10  a.m.;  started  on  re- 
turn trip,  10:35  a.m.;  arrived  at  cabin; 
12:55  p.m.;  left  cabin,  1:15  p.m.;  arrived 
at  head  of  trail  4:22  p.m.  Time,  nine 
hours  and  forty-two  minutes. 


October  j,  i8gi. 
G.  E.  TUTTLE. 

Talk  about  holes  in  the  ground, —  well, 
this  is  one  of  them.  I  have  been  in  the 
canon  to-day.  Don't  intend  to  go  in  any 
more.  I  am  completely  out  of  anything 
to  say.  Come  and  see  it  for  yourselves. 
No  one  can  tell  you  about  it.  I  have  seen 
the  world,  but  had  not  seen  near  all  of  it, 
until  I  saw  this  canon.  Farewell,  Captain; 
am  coming  again.  Will  bring  a  party  with 
me  next  time.  Thanks  for  your  kind- 
ness, etc. 

October  ij,  1891. 

JOHN  T.  WALLACE, 

Monte  Vista,  Colo. 


Massachusetts. 


Of  all  the  sights  in  the  world  this  is  the 
greatest  sight  I  ever  have  seen.  Words 
cannot  tell  the  grandeur,  beauty,  im- 
mensity, and  sublimity  of  this  wonderful 
production  of  Nature's  own  work.  I 
would  advise  all  tourists  to  visit  this 
canon.  You  cannot  be  disappointed. 
The  beautiful  forests  we  travel  through 
going  to  the  canon  is  worth  the  trip 
alone.  I  am  coming  again  to  stop  here 
for  a  month.  I  have  visited  many  places, 
but  this  beats  them  all.  Good-by.  O.  S.  G. 

November  7,  1891. 

Mr.  F.  J.  HOCHDERFFER, 
Mrs.  F.  J.  HOCHDERFFER, 
ROSE  HOCHDERFFER, 
EMMA  HOCHDERFFER, 
ROCK  HOCHDERFFER, 
CLEVELAND  HOCHDERFFER, 
Of  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

April  <?,  1892. 

First  of  the  Season. 

HORACE  C.  HOVEY, 

Middletown,  Conn. 

Intended  to  come  last  fall  with  Geo- 
logical Congress,  but  am  contented  to 
open  the  ball  for  1892,  "  Mente  et  Mal- 
leo,"  as  special  correspondent  of  Scie?itific 
American.  Went  down  Hance  trail  with 
Mr.  Boucher,  and  stayed  over  night,  re- 
turning next  day;  enjoyed  it  immensely. 
Found  the  trail  in  excellent  order,  and 
made  the  trip  comfortably. 


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PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS    OF    THE 


Ipril  p,   iSg2. 
JOHN  J.  TRILTON 


New  Mexico. 

Arrived  here  all  O.  K.  Went  up  to  the 
"rim  of  canon ;  was  far  beyond  my  expecta- 
tions. Of  all  the  grand  sights  in  the  world 
Ihis  is  one  of  them.  I  have  visited  in 
Europe,  Alaska,  have  seen  the  Yellow- 
stone, all  the  different  places  in  Califor- 
nia, but  nothing  comes  up  to  this.  No 
one  could  tell  you  of  it.  No  language 
could  ever  tell  you  the  grandeur,  the 
beauty,  the  immensity  of  this  wonderful 
canon.  I  would  like  to  have  all  my 
friends  here  at  this  hour  to  view  this, 
Nature's  own  work,  with  me.  Farewell, 
Captain;  I  hope  to  see  you  again. 

April  14,   /8p2. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  MARSHALL, 
Miss  F.  E.  MARSHALL, 
C.  M.  MARSHALL, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


April  JJ,   1892. 

T.   A.   RIORDAN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


April  75,  1S92. 

T.   R.  GABLE, 

Albuquerque,  N.  M. 


April  18,  /8g2. 

The  John  D.  Hoff  Abestos  Co. 

By  JOHN  D.  HOFF, 

Of  San  Diego,  Cal. 


JOHN  I.  McCOOK, 

New  York,  N.  Y. 


ARCHIBALD  ALEXANDER, 

New  York. 


MAITLAND  ALEXANDER, 

New  York,  N.  Y. 


C.  CHARMLEY, 


Chicago,  III. 


SAMUEL  COLMAN, 

Newport,  Rhode  Island. 


JOHN  J.   LARKIN, 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 


LOUIS  SPEARS, 
I.  F.  WHEELER, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona 

May  12,  18Q2. 

WM.  CAREY, 

Colonel  H.  B.  M.,  Royal  Artillery, 
"Retired"  (Cox  &  Co.) 

London,  England. 


May  17,   l8p2. 

T.  G.  DANIELLS, 

F.  W.  VAN  SICKLEN, 
W.  A.  BISSEL, 

G.  P.  REYNOLDS, 

All  of  Alameda,  Cal. 


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May  //,  1892. 

J.  H.  HOSKINS,  Jr., 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  21,  i8g2. 

HERMAN  WESTERMAN, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


J.  S.  BUNNELL, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


W.  F.  CLARKE, 


New  York. 


CHAS.  F.  LUMMIS, 


Is  I  eta,  N.  fl. 


May  24,  1892. 
W.  H. JACKSON, 


Denver,  Colo. 


May  24,  1892. 
T.  MORAN, 

May  24,  1892. 
C.  A.   H1GGINS, 

May  24,  1892. 

PAUL  N.  MORAN, 


New  York. 


Chicago,  III. 


New  York. 


May  24,  1892. 

SAM  C.  TAYLOR, 

Denver,  Colo. 

ALBERT  MAGEE  AND  WIFE, 
I.  R.  BAXLEY  AND  WIFE, 

All  of  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 

I  could  hope  that  those  who  come  to 
the  canon  would  get  Hance  to  show  them 
something  of  what  he  knows,  and  that  is 
more  than  can  be  suspected  simply  on  the 
first  outlook.  Much  of  my  intense  pleas- 
ure I  owe  to  him.  I.  R.  B. 

J.  GARNETT  AND  DAUGHTERS, 
HAROLD  ECCLER, 

London,  England. 

E.  B.  REYNOLDS, 
E.  A.  REYNOLDS, 

South  Bend,  Indiana. 

Arrived  June  10;  left  June  12,  1892. 


June  14,  1892. 
I.  S.  GOFORTH, 

Georgetown,  N.  M. 

June  14,  1892. 
G.  B.  INGRAM, 

Fayetteville,  Arkansas. 

June  16,  1892. 

GEO.  PRIME, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


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PERSONAL     IMPRESSIONS    OF    THE 


June  /  ,\  iSq2. 

H.   H.  VV  ATKINS, 
Mrs.   H.   H.  WATKINS, 

Kingman,  Ariz. 

June  ij,  1892. 

S.  T.  ELLIOTT, 
Mrs.  S.  T.  ELLIOTT, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

June  ij,  1892. 

J.   n.  riARSHALL, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

June   ij,    1892. 

Mrs.   A.  T.  CORNISH, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

June  ij,  1892. 

A.  A.  ALLESTER, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

June  13,  1892. 
ANNIE  L.  ROSS, 

Flagstaff,  Ariz. 

June  1  j,  1S92. 

S.   L.   ROUSH, 

Eldon,  Iowa. 

Jinn    /j,   1892. 

ROBERT  McCANN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


June  1  j,   1892. 

SAMUEL  BAXTER, 

Flagstaff,  Ariz. 

June  /y,  iScj2. 

ALICE  WAINWRIGHT, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

RUSSELL  H.  MONRO, 
EMLIE  MONRO, 

Market  Harboro,  England. 
WM.  B.  DOWD, 
CHAS.  T.  WING, 

New  York  City. 
All  with  the  AI  cattle  outfit. 

June  /j,   1892. 

R.  C.  DRYDEN, 

Winslow,  Ariz. 

June  is,   1892. 
F.  W.  SMITH, 

Winslow,  Ariz. 


C.  C.  TILLSON, 


WM.  SHROYER, 


Pueblo,  Colo. 


Flagstaff,  Ariz. 

GEO.  K.  SMITH, 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 

FRED  GOODRICH, 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 


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VIC.  E.  HANNY, 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 

June  28,  1S92. 

GEO.  MARSHALL, 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

I  arrived  at  Flagstaff  on  the  25th  of 
June,  1892,  from  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and 
started  on  the  26th  of  June  for  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  by  stage  line. 
After  riding  all  day  through  some  of  the 
largest  forests  of  pines,  and  the  most 
beautiful  valleys  that  I  have  everseen,  I  ar- 
rived at  the  canon  just  when  the  sun  was 
setting.  On  the  morning  of  June  27th, 
myself  and  several  others  were  guided 
over  the  trail  and  into  the  canon  by 
Captain  John  Hance.  After  winding 
around  here  and  there  over  the  trail  for 
several  miles,  we  reached  the  river,  which 
is  a  grand  sight.  After  resting  an  hour, 
and  a  plunge  in  the  river,  we  started  for 
the  rim,  arriving  about  dusk.  I  have 
traveled  over  the  United  States,  have 
seen  about  all  the  sights,  but  I  have 
never  seen  such  a  wonderful  and  mar- 
velous piece  of  nature's  own  work  as 
this,  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado 
River. 


June  28,  1892. 

Rev.  N.  F.  NORTON, 

Rev.  E.  G.  POOLER  AND  WIFE. 


June  jo,  1892. 
©.  K.  TRIPP, 


Chicago,  HI. 


June  jo,  1892. 
JAMES  KASSON, 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

June  jo,  1802. 

R.  C. JEFFERSON, 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

July  5,  1892. 
A.  NEALON. 

Ju'y  5,  1892. 
E.  CAMPBELL. 


HAL  C.  VVYflAN, 
GLADYS  WYHAN. 

Detroit,  Hich. 


JOS.  B.  VERKAMP, 


Cincinnati. 


W.  BABBITT, 


July  8,   1892. 
H.  T.  SMITH, 


Flagstaff,  A.  T. 


Prescott,  A.  T. 


Miss  MADIE  CHRISMAN, 

Portland,  Or. 

Come  June  22,  1892,  Summer  at  Grand 
Canon. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


July  9,  1892. 

r\rs.  JOHN  Z.  T.  VARMER. 

I  have  never  witnessed  anything  like 
this.  It  scares  me  to  even  try  to  look 
down  into  it.  My  God,  I  am  afraid  the 
whole  country  will  fall  into  this  great  hole 
in  the  ground. 

July   /o,  l8Q2. 

Rev.  ROBERT  COLTMAN, 

Pastor  1st  Presbyterian  church, 
M.  J.  COLTTIAN, 
JENNIE  R.  COLTHAN, 

Flagstaff,  A.  T. 


July  10,  1892. 
BLANCH  METZ, 


(uly  10,  log 2. 
J.  C.  SANCHEZ, 


July  io,   1892. 
JOHN  H.  HICKS, 


Cincinnati,  O. 


JTilton,  A.  T. 


Milton,  A.  T. 


July  10,  1892. 

MOF  LIE  CLEflMENTS, 

Baltimore,  fid. 


A.  WALGREEN, 

Lapland,  Sweden. 


J.  W.  TOUriEY, 

E.  O.  WOOTON,  Botanist, 

Botanical  and  Entomological  party, 
from  experiment  stations  at  Tucson, 
Ariz.,  and  Las  Cruces,  N.  M. 

H.  H.  SWARTHOUT, 

Anderson,  Mich. 


R.  R.  LARKINS, 

Las  Cruces,  N.  M. 

CLAWRENCE  T.  HAGERTY, 

Las  Cruces,  N.  M. 

C.  H.  TYLER  TOWNSEND, 

Entomologist  exper.  stn. 

Las  Cruces,  N.  n. 

A.  B.  CORDLEY, 

Asst.  U.  S.  Entomologist, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

July  12,   1892. 

GERTRUDE  B.  STEVENS. 

This  is  a  warm  place.  I  fainted  when 
I  saw  this  awful  looking  canon.  I  never 
wanted  a  drink  so  bad  in  my  life.  Captain, 
I  won't  forget  you  for  bringing  me  the 
oyster-can  full  of  water.         Good-by. 

Mrs.  JOHN  T.  CHARrlER. 

The  grandest,  the  most  wonderful,  the 
greatest  sight  on  earth.  I  can  never  for- 
get it.  Visit  the  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Colorado  River. 


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E.  S.  CiOSNEY, 


Flagstaff,  A.  T. 


Wfl.   WINCUP  AND  WIFE, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


M.  S.  NORriAN  AND  WIFE, 
Miss  JESSIE  NORMAN, 

St.  Joe,  Mo. 


C.  W.  NOYES  AND  WIFE, 

Boston,  Mass. 


Miss  R.  J.  HACY, 


Los  Angeles. 


C.  E.  HOLLAND, 


Phoenix,  A.  T. 


O.  A.  TURNER, 

fladison,  now  of  Phoenix. 


BEN  DONEY, 
Mrs.  DONEY, 
BENNIE  DONEY, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


MARY  QUINN, 


JOHN  WESLEY  LEANDDER, 

Texas. 


C.  W.  HARDY, 


Cleveland,  Ohio. 


R.   H.  CRAWFORD, 

Toronto,  Ont.,  C. 

July,  1892. 

HENRY  B.  THORN. 

Hurrah  for  the  Canon  and  John  Hance. 

July  ij,  1892. 

OLIVER  S.  WESTCOTT, 

Principal  North  Division  High  School, 
Chicago. 

Mrs.  ELIONER  O.  WESTCOTT, 

Chicago. 


J.  W.  FLANDERS, 

Traveler  for  J.  C.  Ayer  &  Co. 


F.  B.  HIQGINS, 


Flagstaff,  A.  T, 


Greenville,  S.  C. 


J.  B.  STEINMETZ, 

New  Paris,  Ind. 

July  14,  1892. 

HENRY  R.  WADE. 

By  Joe  !    this  canon   takes  the  whole 
shooting-match. 


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PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


July  rf,  1S92. 

Mrs.  G.  P.  PETERS. 

I  have  visited  the  whole  world.  I 
travel  nine  months  in  the  year.  I  have 
never  seen  anything  so  grand  as  a  sunset 
view  of  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado 
River. 


July  16,  1892. 

C.  M.  FUNSTON, 

Editor  Coconino  Sun, 
Mrs.  C.  n.   FUNSTON, 
MARY   FUNSTON, 
HELEN  FUNSTON, 
HANNAH  FUNSTON, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  Ariz. 

HELIE  E.  LOWRY, 

Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

MARY  SMITH. 

Our  crowd,  ladies  and  all,  made  trip 
from  cabin  to  river,  back  to  cabin  and  up 
to  head  of  trail  in  one  day.  According 
to  Mr.  Hance,  beating  the  record  made 
by  ladies. 

M.  M.  CROCKER,  M.  D., 
Mrs.  M.  M.  CROCKER, 

Ft.  flojave,  Arizona. 

LUCY  STILLWELL, 

Ft.  riojave,  Ariz. 

JULIA  STILLWELL, 

Cuba,  Ho. 


July  20,  1892. 

Mrs.  AMANDA  LOCKETT, 

69  yrs.  old. 
H.  C.  LOCKETT, 
Miss  ROSA  CLARK, 

Mrs.  E.  F.  GREENLAW, 

Four  of  us  and  no  more  of  us. 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


J.  J.  WEIMER, 


Winslow,  A.  T. 


MINNIE   VANPELT, 


Chicago,  111. 


VIOLA  F.  STEKEY, 

Greenfield,  O. 


F.  A.  GULLY  AND  WIFE, 

Tucson,  Ariz. 


C.  B.  COLLINGWOOD, 

Tucson,  Ariz. 


July  22,  1892. 

H.  T.  WARDEN. 

This  is  the  spot  of  all  spots  on  earth. 
I  would  like  to  locate  on  this  spot  for 
about  a  year. 


"  /;'  J'^_  ^* 


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55 


July  24.,  1892. 

EDITH  ALVORD, 
BELL  SWITZER, 
LULA  GRAHAM, 
Mrs.  W.  A.  SWITZER, 
W.  H.  SWITZER. 
BURT  CAMERON, 
H.  J.  RAND, 
STANLEY  SYKES, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  Ariz. 

July  29,  1892. 

M.  M.  KIRKMAN  AND  PARTY. 

Mr.  M.  W.  KIRK, 

Dr.  W.  J.  HAWKS, 

Mr.  ARCHIBALD  HcNEAL, 

Jlr.  A.  T.  HcCORMICK, 

The  unsuspecting  profit. 
flaster  A.  T.  KIRKHAN, 
master  fl.  J.  KIRKMAN. 

July  29,  1892. 

F.  F.  JAQUES, 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Sunday,  July  30,  1892. 

E.  P.  S.  ANDREWS  AND   WIFE, 
Mrs.  H.  P.  HINE, 
JERRY  MILLAY  AND  WIFE, 
LEON  BOUVIER, 

All  of  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

ALEX  LEE  MARCHANT,  B.  A., 
London,  England. 

August  1,  1892. 
W.  E.  THORNE, 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 


August  4,   1892. 

HARRY   E.  WOOD, 

Kansas  City,  f\o. 

August  4,   1892. 

n.  b.  Mcdowell, 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 


FRANK  RUMSEY, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


August  4,  1892. 
JAMES  E.  LAVELLE, 

Albuquerque,  N.  M. 


August  4,  1892. 

CKAS.  B.  BARKER, 

The  Grand  Canon  is  the  most  wonder- 
ful thing  I  ever  looked  at.  Surely  worth 
seeing. 


August  5,  1892. 

J.  C.  HERNDON, 

Prescott,  Ariz. 


T.  Q.  NORRIS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


CHAS.  W.  HERNDON, 

Prescott,  Arizona. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


August  j,  1S92. 

The  champion  athletic  pedestrian  vis- 
itors, under  the  auspices  of 

WM.  McINTIRE, 

Bellemont,  Arizona. 

Mrs.  T.  J.  GRACE, 
Miss  GRACE  L.  GRACE, 
Miss  MARY  PRIME, 
Mr.  J.  WESBY, 

All  of  Bellemont,  A.  T. 

Miss  HATTIE  J.  HOPSON, 

Washington,  D.  C. 


Hiss  MARTHA  McINTIRE, 

Clay  Center,  Kansas. 

August  12,  1892. 
C.  H.  SPEERS, 

Asst.  G.  P.  A.  A.  &  P.  R.  R. 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

August  12,  1892. 

E.  P.  GRAY,  C.  V.   R.  R., 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

August  12,  1892. 

A.   E.  riARCHAND, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

August  12,  1892. 

john  f.  McCarthy, 

Formerly   of  Cincinnati,    now   of  San 
Francisco,  Cal.     Wabash  R.  R. 


August  12,   1892. 

H.  S.  VAN  SLYCK, 
A.  &  P.  R.  R. 

Albuquerque,  N.  1*1. 

August    12,    1892. 

r\r.  and  Mrs.  H.  G.  PATTERSON, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

GEO.  D.  HOOPER, 

Captain,  I  wish  I  were  in  your  place  to 
view  this  great  canon  every  day.  One 
would  never  get  tired  of  it.  What  a  grand 
sight. 

August  1  J,   1892. 

J.  I.  THORNTON, 

Mrs.  GEO.  F.  THORNTON, 

Williams. 


August  ij,   1892. 

Hiss  HAY  ANDERSON, 

Alabama. 


Augvst  13,  1892. 

Miss  PERRIN, 

Hiss  HELEN  PERRIN, 

E.  B.  PERRIN,  Jr., 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

August  14,  1892. 
E.  L.  NORRIS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  14,  1892. 

C.  LEWIS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


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57 


August  14,  1892. 

ED.  T.  GALE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  15,  1892. 
I*lr.  and  Jlrs.  JOSEPH  B.  CROSBY, 
Boston,  Mass. 

Arrived  at  John  Hance's  summer  ranch 
7:05  p.m.;  leave6:3o a.m.,  August  18,  1892. 

August  75,  1882. 

Hrs.  JOHN  R.  BARTLETT, 

Providence,  R.  I. 

August  18,  1892. 

BEN  SKINNER, 
WI*1.  PATTON, 

Both  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  18,  1892. 

nrs.  W.  H.  YANCEY, 
Miss  STELLA  YANCEY, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

Miss  SUE  RLT1SEY, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

I*lr.  ROBERT  FREIDLINE, 

August  19,  1892. 
L.  H.  MASS1E, 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 

August  19,  1892. 
LOY  J.  BROWN, 

flartinsburg,  Audran  Co.,  Mo. 


August  19,   1S92 

Col.  FRANK  HULL,  Jr., 

The  Grand  Canon  is  so  far  more  won- 
derful than  Yosemite  Valley  or  Yellow- 
stone Park  or  any  interesting  points  in 
the  world.  It  is  so  grand  and  beautiful 
that  no  pen  of  any  living  author  can  de- 
scribe it. 

August  20,   1892. 
WM.  FRANCIS  HULL, 
ALICE  GERTRUDE  HULL, 

Both  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


August  20,  1892. 

SUSIE  E.  BUSH, 

Albuquerque,  N.  1*1. 

August  20 ,  1892. 

Hrs.  LISSIE  riORRELL, 

Williams,  Arizona. 

August  20,  1892. 

Mrs.  KATE  JOHNSTON, 

Williams,  Arizona. 


August  20,  1892. 

Hiss  MAUD  DICKENSON, 

Williams,  Arizona. 

August  20,  1892. 

niss  nAUD  HILL, 

Albuquerque,  N.  1*1. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


JOHN  WOOD, 


Williams,  Arizona. 

HENRY  C.  CORBIN, 

U.  S.  Army. 

August  20,  1892. 

NORMAN  S.   BRIDGE, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

August  20,  1892. 

WALTER  S.  HAINES, 

Chicago,  HI. 

August  21,  1892. 

Mrs.  WM.  POWELL   AND   CHIL- 
DREN, 

Misses  EVA  DUTTON, 

ETTA  POWELL, 
DELLA  POWELL, 
JENNIE  COLTMAN, 
LEONA  POWELL, 

Mrs.  Dr.  FRANCIS, 

HISS  EMMA  POWELL, 

W.  M.  FISHER, 

CHAS.  CLARK, 

WM.  POWELL, 

V.  A.  POWELL, 

HENRY  AVER1TS, 

DEMPSEY  POWELL, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  23,  1892. 
ALFRED  AVERYT, 

Shelby,  Alabama. 


August  2 J,  1892. 
Mrs.  R.  M.  FRANCIS, 

Chillicotho,  Missouri. 


August  2 j,  J 892. 

Miss  JENNIE  R.  COLTMAN, 

Washington,  D.  C. 


August  23,  1892. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  F.  STEVENS, 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 


August  23,  1892. 

rirs.  J.  H.  HOSKINS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


August  23,  1892. 

Miss  M.  E.  BECKW1TH, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


August  23,  1892. 

C.  E.  HOWARD, 

Flagstaff,  Ariz. 


August  23,   1892. 

J.  J.  TAYLOR  AND  WIFE, 

El  Paso,  Texas. 

Went  to  the  river  and  back;  too  tired 
to  write  any  more. 


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Augtist  27,  18Q2. 

MARY  L.  STRIGHT, 

Jemez  Hot  Springs, 

Archuleta  P.  O.,  N.  M. 

Went  to  the  rock  cabin  the  afternoon 
of  August  25th.  The  next  day  went  from 
there  to  the  river  and  back,  and  arrived 
at  the  rim  this  morning  (August  27th)  at 
half-past  ten  o'clock. 

August  28,   1892. 

ALEX.  McDERMID  AND  WIFE, 
Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  28,  1892. 

J.  WOODBRIDGE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  29,  1892. 

Captain  W.  HOFFMAN,  WIFE, 
AND  CHILD, 


U.  S.  Army, 


September  4,  1892. 
J.  W.  WILSON, 

September  4,  1892. 
STEPHEN  FANCY, 


Denver,  Colo. 


Aspen,  Colo. 


September  4,  1892. 
AUGUST  REISHEL, 

September  4,  1892. 
SCHUYLER  CASE, 


Turkey. 


Denver,  Colo. 


September  7,   1892. 

WM.  H.  ALLEY  AND  WIFE, 

Chicago. 

Visited  Moran  Point  and  Grand  View 
Point;  went  down  Hance  Trail  to  river. 
All  should  be  visited,  if  strength  and  time 
permits. 

September  8,  1892. 

Dr.  GEO.  H.  POWERS, 
firs.  CORELIA  C.  POWERS, 
RUTH  POWERS, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

September  8,   1892. 

Mrs.  J.  D.  HOOKER, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

September  8,  1892. 
JOHN   H.  HICKS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

September  12,   1892. 

Mrs.  J.  D.  DeRUSSY, 
J.  DALE  DeRUSSY, 

Col.  nth  Inf.  U.  S.  Army. 
Mrs.  B.  F.  POPE, 

All  of  Whipple  Barracks,  A.  T. 

September  12,   1892. 

I.  G.  C.  LEE, 

B.  V.  T.  Lieut.  Col.  U.  S.  Army. 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

The  grandeur  of  the  views  of  this  day 
must  surely  leave  a  life-long  impression. 
They  repay  for  all  the  fatigue.  I  predict 
that  this  canon  will  become  one  of  the 
most  noted  and  visited  spots  of  our 
country.  It  should  be  made  a  great 
national  park. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


September  fj,  1892. 

Col.  FRANK  HULL,  Jr., 

New  York. 

After  having  visited  all  the  noted  places 
in  both  Europe  and  America,  I  have  seen 
nothing  to  compare  with  the  sublimity  of 
the  Grand  Canon.  I  should  advise  all 
Americans  to  see  the  most  splendid  sight 
of  their  own  country  before  going  abroad. 
I  spent  several  days  fishing  in  the  cation, 
and  caught  many  large  salmon.  I  also 
looked  at  several  of  the  rich  mines,  and 
found  to  my  utter  amazement  that  they 
were  laden  with  valuable  treasures.  It 
will  only  be  a  short  time  until  these  mines 
will  be  opened  up  and  the  ore  exported 
to  all  parts  of  the  world. 


September  15,   1892. 

WM.  W.  MITCHELL, 
ELLA  MITCHELL, 

Cadillac,  Mich. 


September,   15,  1892. 

EDWARD  F.  HOBART, 
MARION  C.  HOBART, 

Santa  Fe,  N.  M. 


September  75,   1892. 

LEVI  DAVIS, 

Lima,  Adams  County,  III. 

September  15,  1892. 

WALTER  E.   HALL,  M.   D., 
Mrs.  MARY  H.  HALL, 

Burlington,  N.  J. 


September  ij,  1892. 

JESSIE  and  CHAS.  EVERETTE, 

This  canon  is  simply  immense  —  too 
big  to  look  at. 

September  25,   1892. 

C.  W.  WOODIN, 

Lancaster,  Ohio. 

September  28,  1892. 

J.  C.  BROWN, 

East  Saginaw,  Mich. 


September  28,  1892. 
S.  B.  HILL, 


Chicago. 


September  JO,  1 892. 

J.  A.  LAMPORT, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

September  jo,  1892. 

C.  H.  FANCHER, 

Albuquerque,  N.  M. 

September  30,  1892. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  L.  HOLHES, 

The  grandest,  the  greatest,  the  most 
wonderful  sight  in  the  world.  No  one 
can  tell  the  immensity  of  this  grand 
canon. 

October  j,  1892. 

LOWISE  BIGLOW  TYLER, 

North  Adams,  Mass. 


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October  ij,   1892. 

S.  W.  HIBBEN, 
H.  CLEMENT, 

Los  Angeles,  CaL 

D.  MITCHELL, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

We  left  rim  at  8  o'clock  a.m.,  arrived 
at  cabin  at  9.45  a.m.;  arrived  at  river, 
12:10  P.M.;  back  to  rim,  5:10  p.m.  Time 
for  entire  trip,  nine  hours  and  ten  min- 
utes, thus  beating  the  world's  record. 

John  Hance  will  verify 

October  15,  1892. 

ARTHUR  LITTLEJOHN, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

October  30,  1892. 

JOHN  H.  BOWMAN, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  BOWMAN, 

Holbrook,  Arizona. 


October  30,  1892. 

A.  E.  NETTLETON, 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

October  30,  1892. 

JAMES  W.  UPSON, 

Mrs.  LILLIAN  B.  UPSON, 

Baldwinsville,  N.  Y. 

This  party  all  went  to  the  river  without 
a  guide.  They  rated  it  very  grand,  and  all 
that  has  been  claimed.  However,  if  future 
parties  of  camping  ladies  intend  going 
down,  would  advise  them  to  employ  the 


guide,  and  go  prepared  for  roughing  it. 
The  ladies  should  wear  very  short  wide 
skirts,  and  have  Hance's  burros  to  help 
them  up  from  the  cabin. 


ATov  ember  14,  1892. 

W.  F.  CODY  (Buffalo  Bill), 

GEO.  P.  EVERHART, 

Chicago,  III. 
JAMES  T.  WELLS, 

Salt  Lake  City. 
ALLISON  NAILOR, 

Washington,  D.  C. 
FRANK  D.  BALDWIN, 
JOHN  M.  BURKE, 

U.  S.  Army. 
H.  S.  BOAL, 

North  Platte,  Neb. 
WM.  D.  DOWD, 

Flagstaff,  A.  T. 
R.  H.  HASLAM,    1 

Chicago,  III. 

Piper  Heidsieck. 

E.  C.  BRADFORD, 

Denver,  Colo. 
W.  HENRY  J1ACKINNON, 

England. 
W.  H.  BROACH, 

North  Platte,  Neb. 
DANIEL  SEEGMILLER, 

MERRITT  S.  INGRAHM, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Buffalo  Bill  Expedition  to  Grand 
Canon  of  Colorado. 

Universal  comment  is  that  it  is  too 
sublime  for  expression,  too  wonderful  to 
behold,  without  awe,  and  beyond  all 
power  of  mortal  description. 


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November  14,  1892. 

EDWARD  B.  RUSSELL, 

Boston,  Mass. 


November  14,  1892. 

HERBERT  EARLSCLIFFE, 

Close  of  the  visiting  record  for  the 
year  1892. 

January  25,   189 3. 
WM,  O.  O'NEILL, 

God  made  the  canon,  John  Hance  the 
trails.  Without  the  other,  neither  would 
be  complete. 

[The  above  name,  Wm.O.O'Neill  (better 
known  in  Arizona  as  "  Buckey  "  O'Neill), 
who  has  written  his  name  in  this  private 
visitors'  book,  was  killed  while  defend- 
ing his  country,  between  the  hours  of  10 
and  n  a.m.,  July  1,  1898,  near  Santiago 
deCuba.  He  was  made  Captain  of  Troop 
A,  1st  U.  S.  Volunteer  Cavalry,  and  was 
making  ready  for  the  charge  on  San  Juan 
Hill,  Santiago  de  Cuba,  when  he  was 
struck  by  a  Mauser  bullet  and  killed. 

Captain  O'Neill  was  carried  from  the 
front  about  two  hundred  yards  back  from 
where  he  fell,  on  what  is  known  as 
"  Bloody  Ford,"  on  San  Juan  Creek,  and 
buried  by  Chaplain  Brown,  Corporal  C. 
C.  Jackson  (of  Flagstaff,  Arizona),  Pri- 
vates Robt.  Wren,  Teddy  Burke,  and 
Vansicklin.] 


January  25,   189  ,\ 
JOHN  riARSHALL, 

Good  luck  for  1893. 


Easter  Sunday,  April  2,  1893. 

Trusting  you  will  have  an  enjoyable 
season,  we  are  yours  truly, — 

JOHN  M.  WHITMAN, 

Chicago,  HI. 

HOMER     M.     WILLIArlS      AND 
WIFE, 

firs.  E.  W.  DOWLING, 

New  York. 

DANIEL  RUTTER  AND  WIFE. 

P.  S. — We  are  reported  the  first  visitors 
of  the  season,  and  cannot  find  words  to 
express  our  admiration  and  astonish- 
ment of  the  Grand  Canon. 


J.  LOGAN  SAflPLE, 

Pittsburg,  Pa. 


JAilES  A.  PITTS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


M.  M.  FISHER, 


Flagstaff,  A.  T. 


Dr.  C.  B.  PENROSE, 
Mrs.  PENROSE, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


.  \p>ril  //,  1893. 

J.  A.  OBER  AND  WIFE, 

Milford,  N.  H. 


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April  18,  1893. 

T0MM1E  ASHURST, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


April  18,  1893. 
Miss  CHRISMAN, 


Flagstaff,  A.  T. 


April  20,  1893. 

Miss  L.  BALLAD, 

Portland,  Maine. 


April  20,  1893. 

Miss  IRENE  HUNT, 

Newport,  R.  1. 


JNO.  M.  CLARK, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

Arrived  the  18th;  left  the  21st  of  April, 
iS93- 


April,  1893. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  WOLSELEY, 

British  Guiana. 


April,   1893. 
H.  H.  RAQAN, 


Syracuse, N.  Y. 


April,  1893. 
M.  Q.  HEINEY, 


Jacksonville,  III. 


April,   1893. 
J.  S.  HYDE, 


Titusville,  Pa. 


May  10,  1893. 

April,  7893.  J'  W'  A*N0TT' 

Dr.  and  Mrs.   HERBERT  L.  BUR=  BeV6r,ey'  ^^^ 

RELL,  Arrived  May  15th;  descended  into  the 

Boston,  Mass.  canon  this  day. 


April,  1893. 

PAUL  C.  OSCANYAN, 

New  York  City. 


JAMES  I.  MANSON, 

Hoqui,  Ariz. 


April,  1893. 
J.  T.  HERNDON, 


Franklin,  Ky. 


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May  i  j,   1893. 

B.  W.  CLOWD, 

Woodbury,  N.  J. 

Arrived  May  16th;  descended  partway 
into  canon;  met  Mr.  John  Hance  and  Mr. 
Arnott  returning.  Ascended  with  them, 
and  had  a  pleasant  conversation  for  an 
hour  in  Mr.  Hance's  cottage.  Exchanged 
a  five  dollar  gold  piece  for  an  English 
sovereign  at  a  point  where  man  never 
before  passed  money. 


May,  1893. 

H.  H.  WATKINS, 


May,  1893. 
L.  WATKINS, 


Philadelphia. 


Chicago. 


WM.  VERNON  BOOTH, 

Chicago,  111. 


WILL1AH  B.  DOWD, 


New  York. 


May  18,  1893. 

MARSHALL  H.  HALLORY, 
ROLLAND  HALLORY, 


New  York. 


May  20,  1893. 

J.  W.  DOUBLEDAY, 

Jamestown,  New  York. 


May  20,  1893. 


C.  WALLIS, 


Edgbasten,  England. 


May  20,   1893. 

C.  WALLIS. 

Having  visited  the  principal  points  of 
interest  in  Europe,  as  well  as  in  America, 
I  would  say  that  I  have  seen  nothing  like 
the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  for 
grandeur  and  for  its  unique  views. 


May  20,   1893. 
J.  W.  DOUBLEDAY. 

Having  gone  down  the  canon  to  the 
winter  cabin  of  Mr.  Hance,  I  must  say 
that  the  canon  changes  to  the  view  at 
every  few  hundred  feet,  and  the  small 
hillocks  that  open  from  the  rim  change  to 
mountains  as  you  go  down. 


May  21,  1893. 

HUGO  LANQEWITZ  RIGA, 

Russland,  Russia. 


June  2,  1893. 

HENRY  T.  FINCK  AND  WIFE. 

Doubtless  the  most  unique  sight  in  the 
world,  and  the  greatest  possible  surprise 
is  to  walk  up  from  these  tents  to  the  edge 
of  the  canon  to  realize  the  full  depth  of 
the  canon.  The  visitor  should  look  at  it 
from  the  rim  on  the  point  just  this  side  of 
Point  Bissell.  The  morning  light  is  best 
from  that  position,  while  from  the  station 
the  best  hours  are  4  to  7  P-M- 


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June  8,  1893. 

J.  W.  FLAVELLE, 

To  river  and  BisselPs  Point. 


London. 


June  11,  1893. 

FREDERICK  DIRNBURG, 

Berliner  Tageblatt, 
Berlin,  Germany. 

Dr.  ERNEST  H.  VON  HALLE, 

Hamburg,  Germany. 
BERNHARD  DERBURG, 

Berlin,  Germany. 
Dr.  PHIL  ALWIN  VICTOR, 

Germany. 

riAX  TELIGER, 

Berlin,  Germany. 
HANS  TELIGER, 

Berlin,  Germany. 

Party  of  German  Editors  and  Artists. 


June  14,   1893. 

J.  H.  TOLFREE, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  TOLFREE, 

flojave,  Cal. 


June  17,  1893. 

W.  S.  BARTLETT, 

Santa  Ana,  Cal. 

The  grandeur  of  the  Grand  Canon  of 
the  Colorado  River  rivals,  if  it  does  not 
exceed,  that  of  the  Yosemite  Valley. 


June  iS,  1893. 

S.  L.  COX  AND  WIFE, 

Webb  City,  Mo. 
C.  F.  COX, 

Carthage,  Ho. 


W.  J.  GREGG  AND  WIFE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 
WM.  SAWYER, 

Flagstaff,  Ariz. 

All  went  to  river  on  the  17th.  Spent 
night  at  cabin,  and  returned  to  rim  morn- 
ing of  18th. 


June  2j,  1893. 

Rev.  SELAH  BROWN. 

Left  July  i,  1893. 

July  1,  1893. 

HERMAN  JOHANSSON, 

Stockholm,  Sweden. 

The  greatest  sight  I  have  ever  seen. 

July  4,  1893. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  TOLFREE. 

July  4,  1893. 

L.  E.  CHITTENDEN, 

flojave,  Cal. 

Went  to  the  river  July  4th;  returned 
July  5th.  Had  a  most  glorious  time. 
Will  never  forget  my  Fourth  of  July  in 
the  canon.  It  is  one  of  the  grandest 
sights  in  the  world. 


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PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS   OF  THE 


July  5,  1893. 

J.  J.  SHAUH, 

i744  Market  St., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I  fully  agree  with  the  above,  and  desire 
to  register  this  statement  that  a  pleasant 
lady  adds  much  to  the  enjoyment  of  the 
trip. 


July  5,  i8g3. 

L.  E.  CHITTENDEN, 

Mojave,  Cal. 

After  ascending  from  the  winter  cabin 
this  a.m.,  Mr.  Hance  returned,  leaving 
the  rim  at  10:40,  and  reaching  the  winter 
cabin  11:05,  making  the  descent  of  3,300 
feet  —  three  miles  —  in  twenty-eight  min- 
utes. He  immediately  returned  to  the 
rim,  arriving  at  12:10,  being  sixty-two 
minutes  for  the  ascent,  and  one  hour  and 
thirty  minutes  for  the  entire  trip.  Con- 
sidering the  ground  over  which  this  six 
miles  extend,  it  was  a  wonderful  trip.  I 
timed  and  witnessed  the  descent  and 
ascent  from  the  rim. 


July  5,   1893. 
wn.  SATORI, 


Yankton,  Dakota. 


July  J,  1893. 

BEN  P.  HOOKE,  Jr. 

Logsville,  Pa. 


July  6,  1893. 

GEO.  WHITFIELD, 

Wimbledon,  England. 

Arrived  July  5th;  left  July  nth.  Bathed 
in  the  Colorado  River  July  6th. 

July  10,   1893. 

Mr.  and  firs.  WM.  DOWNS, 

Brooklyn,  New  York. 

Enjoyed  very  much  the  visit.  Went 
down  to  the  river,  which,  under  Hance's 
lead,  is  well  worth  the  labor. 

July  11,  1893. 

Dr.  GUSTAV  BRUHL, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

July  11,  1893. 

JOS.  B.  VERCAHP, 

Mrs.  JOSEPH  B.  VERCAMP, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

July  11,  1893. 

firs.  D.  BABBITT, 
RAYnOND  BABBITT, 

Flagstaff,  Ariz. 

July  14,  1893. 

J.  A.  LEONARD, 

Youngstown,  Ohio. 

The  Grand  Canon,— a  great  gulf  of  pale 
blue  transparent  ether  in  which  is  sub- 
merged unspeakable  sublimity  and  inde- 
scribable beauty. 


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July  74,  1893. 

DIETRICH  KREfllCRLT, 

Augsburg,  Germany. 
C.  GRAF  BLUCHER, 

Berlin,  Germany. 

All  went  to  the  river. 

July  24,   1893. 

EUGENE  A.  HILL, 

Wichita,  Kan. 

July  25,  1893. 

MATHIAS  YOST, 

Santa  Ana,  Orange  County, 
California. 

July  25,  1893. 

F.  H.  LUNGREEN, 

U.  S. 

July  25,  1893. 

J.  H.  HICKS, 

N.  M. 


July  25,  1893. 

GERTRUDE  KETCHUM, 
FRANCIS  KETCHUfl, 

Chicago,  111. 

July  25,  1893. 

WALLACE  FORD, 


July  25,  1893. 

I*lr.  and  Mrs.  FRANK  H.  SCOTT, 
BERTRAM  DELAFIELD  SCOTT, 
HARION  STURGES  SCOTT, 

Chicago,  III. 


C.  J.  SPELLHIRE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


DANIEL  DONAVAN, 


Chicago,  III. 


J.  E.  EDWARDS, 


N.  C. 


Dallas,  Texas. 


KATHARINE  EDWARDS, 

California. 


CHAS.  EDWARDS, 
MAUD  M.   EDWARDS, 

Santa  Ana,  Cal. 


Hrs.  A.  H.  SPELLMIRE, 

K.  C,  Mo. 


ALPHONSO  SPELLMIRE, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

ELEANOR  SPELLHIRE, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


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July,   1S93. 

JAMES  HAUXHURST, 
ELLA  E.  HAUXHURST, 
ADELE  HAUXHURST, 
C.  W.  S1RCH, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 


Mr.  and  firs.  JOHN  DAVIS, 

Camp  Verde,  Ariz. 


SHARLOT  M.  HALL, 

Lynx  Creek,  Ariz. 


July,  1893. 

V.  E.  MESSINGER, 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 


July,   1893. 

ROBERT  F.  GARNETT, 
Cor.  Van  Buran  and  Pinal  Sts., 
Phoenix,  Arizona. 


August  2,  1893. 
A.  BRUCE, 


England. 


August  2,  1893. 

ARTHUR  RICHERSCHIER, 

Hunchen,  Bavaria. 


August  2,  1893. 

KAREL  L.  DORDRECHT, 

Holland. 


August  2,  1893. 

A.  V.  STOLK, 

Rotterdam. 


August  2,  1893. 
Q.  ELPEN, 


Munchen,  Bavaria. 


August  2,  1893. 

C.  TAUFKIRCHEN, 

Munchen,  Bavaria. 


Prof.  T.  SINGER, 

Vienna,  Austria. 


Dr.  KARHER, 


Germany. 


B.  BUISSON, 


France. 


W.  M.  CLAYPOOL, 

El  Paso,  Texas. 


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J.  W.  WOOD, 

Los  Angeles  Times. 

Almighty  Jove,   Thy   wondrous  hand 
hath  carved  with  skill  this  canon  grand. 


WH.  H.  BANKS, 


England. 


JOHN  H.  DAWSON, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

J.  S.  HUTCHISON, 
niss  K.  T.  HUTCHISON, 
E.  C.  HUTCHISON, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 
LINCOLN  HUTCHISON, 
JAMES  S.  HUTCHISON, 

Harvard. 
Made  to  canon  and  back  in  12  hours. 


September,  1893. 

MATTISON  W.  CHASE, 

Ogdensburg,  New  York. 

Nature's  masterpiece  is  what  I  call  the 
Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado.  Why 
Americans  will  go  to  Europe  and  around 
the  world,  where  they  can  see  nothing  to 
equal  it,  before  they  have  looked  upon 
this  marvelous  spectacle  in  their  own 
land,  I  cannot  imagine.  On  September 
1 2th  I  made  the  trip,  with  guide,  from  the 
rim  down  Hance  trail  to  the  river,  and 
returned,  in  eleven  hours;  but  I  would 
advise  any  one  else  of  average  strength 
and  endurance  to  take  the  usual  two  days 
for  the  trip. 


L.   WATTS  AND  WIFE, 
A.  WATTS, 

London. 

Had  a  most  enjoyable  trip.  Mr.  Hance 
is  most  anxious  I  should  mention  the  fact 
that  we  all  went  to  the  river.  Slept  two 
nights  at  the  rock  cabin. 


Mrs.  W.  A.  CLARK, 
nrs.  K.  L.  CLARK, 

New  York  City. 
C.  W.  CLARK, 

Butte,  Montana. 

We  enjoyed  the  beautiful  scenery  from 
Bissell's  Point  as  well  as  from  the  river's 
banks.     It  is  an  enjoyable  trip. 


O.  Q.  SONECK, 


New  York. 


Dr.  BERYERDAY, 

Hanover,  Germany. 


October  1,  1893. 

Rev.  Father  ALFRED  QUETU, 

Parish  Priest. 

Prescott,  A.  T. 


October  j,  1893. 

Rev.  Father  FELIX  DILLY, 

Parish  Priest, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


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October  i,  1803. 

Rev.  THOS.  C.  MOFFETT, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


October  i,  1803. 

Hon.  E.  G.  F.  HORN, 

Prescott,  Arizona. 


October  1,  i£pj. 

M.  J.  DORAN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


October  7,  iSpj. 

A.  H.  SPELLIRE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

October  2,  1803. 

rirs.  WALLACE, 
WM.  WALLACE, 
MARGARET  WALLACE, 
LORA  BELL  WALLACE, 
CORA  LOVELL, 
LILLIE  LOVELL, 
CLARA  CALKINS, 
A. JOHNSTON, 
W.  H.  ASHURST, 
M.  M.  ASHURST, 
E.  J.  ASHURST, 
ANDREW  ASHURST, 
CHAS.  ASHURST, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


October  4,  1893. 

J.  CLAUD  BILLINGSLEA, 

Chicago,  III. 


October  4,   1893. 

J.  H.  MEANS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


October  4,  1893. 

IVAN  QUILK, 

Budapest,  Hungary. 


October  4,  J893. 

LORDISLAS  DE  FOGER, 

Budapest,  Hungary. 


October  4,  1S93. 

BARO  B.  GASTAS, 

Hungary. 


October  4,  1S93. 

MIRR  BERG, 

Hungary. 


October  4,  1893. 
JULIA  C.  PATTERSON, 


London. 


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October  4,  1893. 

CHAS.  W.  K.  LEOSER, 

New  York. 

October  4,  1893. 

BYRAN  E.  WOODCOCK, 

Pennsylvania. 

October  4,  iSgJ. 

CHAS.  B.  HcCOY, 

Needles,  Cal. 


October  10,  iSgj. 

J.  EDWARD  BLAVEL, 

Alameda,  Cal. 

The  World's  Fair  at  Chicago  is  the 
greatest  wonder  of  the  age.  The  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  the  greatest  won- 
der of  all  ages. 

October  10,  i8gj. 

R. W.  SCHOPPER, 

Zerlenroda,  Russia. 

October  10,  iSpj. 

JOHN  COLSHURN, 

Langenberg. 

October  26,  iSgj. 

L.  de  BUYGENON, 

Liege,  Belgique. 

After  having  visited  the  Yellowstone 
Park,  seen  Oregon  State  and  Washington 


State,  Cascade  Range,  Mt.  Tacoma,  Mt. 
Bather,  Mt.  Shasta,  and  Sierra  Nevada 
Mountains,  California,  and  the  lovely 
Yosemite  Valley,  I  declare  I  did  not  see 
in  America  a  scenery  more  or  as  strik- 
ingly wonderful  and  impressive  and  sub- 
lime as  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado. 
In  Europe,  I  do  not  remember  I  have 
ever  seen  anything  by  which  I  have  been 
as  impressed  except,  perhaps,  by  the 
splendid  White  Mount  at  Chamoise,  when 
I  saw  it  for  the  first  time  fifteen  years 
ago. 


October  31,  1893. 

L.  H.  TOLFREE, 
Mrs.  L.  H.  TOLFREE, 
EDITH  M.  TOLFREE, 
GERTRUDE  TOLFREE, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  Ariz. 

Departed  from  canon  October  31,  1893. 


November  25,   1893. 

Left  New  York  City,  November  15th, 
en  route  to  California,  but  my  suspicion 
of  the  grandeur  of  the  country  compelled 
me  to  stop  off  at  Flagstaff.  The  time  of 
the  year  for  a  trip  to  the  canon  was  any- 
thing but  safe,  considering  the  lateness  of 
the  year,  cold  weather,  and  idea  of  being 
snowed  in,  but,  nevertheless,  our  trip  was 
without  events  of  any  mention  until  the 
night  of  our  arrival  at  Captain  John 
Hance's,  when  a  terrific  snow-storm  set 
in.  It  lasted  until  morning.  The  wind 
at  the  present  time  is  blowing  a  gale,  and 
how  we  will  find  it  on  our  return  is  a 
question.  Must  trust  to  Providence  for 
a  safe  return.  The  kind  hospitality  shown 
us  by  Captain  John  Hance  will  never  be 


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forgotten.  During  this  writing  we  are  all 
sitting  around  the  fire.  To  compare  the 
grandeur  of  this  canon  is  beyond  my 
power.  I  can  hardly  believe  my  eyes, 
and  must  say  every  one  that  goes  sight- 
seeing should  never  forget  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado. 

Sincerely  yours, 
E.  T.  PAHMENBERG,  New  York. 


Close  of   visiting   record   for  year 
1893. 


April  j,  i894. 

WM.  C.  WILKINSON, 

Prof,  of  Poetry. 

University,  Chicago. 


April  6,  1894. 

THOS.  BOYNTON,  F.  S.  A. 

Bridlington  Quay,  England. 

Indescribably  grand. 


April  8,   /S94. 

L.  B.  HICKOK, 

Troy  Grove,  La  Salle  Co.,  III. 

Words   will    not   describe  the   Grand 
Canon. 


AprilS,  1894. 

GEO.  W.  HANCE, 

Yavapai  County,  Ariz. 


April  24,  1894. 

HERBERT  B.  TURNER, 
Mrs.  HERBERT  B.  TURNER, 
ANNE  TRACY  TURNER, 
HARY  BEACH  TURNER, 


April  24,   1894. 

ROSALIE  DELAFIELD  FLOYD, 
22  Williams  St., 
New  York  City. 


April  24,  1894. 

WALTER  H.  CRITTENDEN, 

New  York  City. 


D.  0.  WICKHAM  AND  WIFE, 
No.  I  Broadway, 
New  York. 


April  26,  1S94. 

HERBERT  M.  TOLFREE, 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

.  Ipril  26,   1894. 

A.  G.  HUBBARD  AND  WIFE, 

Redlands,  Cal. 

Left  May  5,  1894. 

May  2,  1894. 

Mrs.  EDnON  WRIGHT, 
Miss  BESSIE  WRIGHT, 
JOHN  CASTLE  WRIGHT. 


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May  2,  1894. 

GEO.  D.  B.  DARBY, 

Philadelphia,  Penn. 


May  5,   1894. 

WILLIAM  G.  DeWITT, 

New  York  City. 

One  of  the  greatest  wonders  of  the 
canon  is  thecliff  called  "Hance's  Leap," 
not  generally  known.  The  mountain-sheep 
got  away  and  crossed  the  Colorado.  Un- 
cle John  will  give  all  details,  as  he  is  the 
sole  survivor  in  these  parts. 


May  7,  1894. 
Miss  GERTIE  KETCHUM. 

May  7,  1894. 
ROBERT  CURTIS. 


May  7,   1894. 

EUGENE  A.  SLIKER. 


May  11,  1894. 

JOHN  H.  TRENT, 

Brooklyn,  New  York. 

May  11,  1894. 

Dr.  ELBERT  WING, 

Chicago. 


May  11,   1S94. 

FRANK  H.  SCOTT, 
BERTRAM  SCOTT, 


Chicago. 


May  11,  1894. 

Miss  ELIZA  V.  RUMSEY, 

Chicago. 

May  ii,  1894. 

Miss  MARY  D.  STURGES, 
Miss  ROSALIE  STURGES, 
GEO.  STURGES, 

Chicago. 

May  11,  1894. 

W.  F.  DUMMER, 
Mrs.  W.  F.  DUMMER, 

Chicago. 

May  11,  1894. 

F.  H.  LUNGREEN, 

Cincinnati. 


May  11,  1 8  94. 

JOHN  H.  HICKS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  11,   1894. 

GERTIE  KETCHUH, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


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PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS   OF  THE 


May  ii,  1894. 

F.  C.  REID, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  II,  1894. 

STANTON  CURTIS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  11,   1 8  94. 

Hiss  BLANCH  METZ, 

Cincinnati. 

May  11,   1894. 

Miss  VERKAMP, 

Cincinnati. 


May  11,  1894. 

WM.  BABBITT, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  11,  1894. 

N.  A.  CAHERON, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  11,   1894. 

JOHN  TOLER, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

May  11,   1894. 

WALLACE  FORD, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


May  11,  1894. 

FRANK  KETCHUil, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


May  11,   1894. 

E.  A.  SLIKER, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


May  12,  1894. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  STEVENS, 
MARY  n.  STEVENS, 

Both  of  Detroit.  Mich. 


May  12,  18Q4. 

PERCIVAL  HENDERSON, 

EI  Paso,  Texas. 


May  12,  1894. 

JAMES  SUYDAM, 
LAMBERT  SUYDAM, 

JED.  FRYE, 

All  of  New  York  City. 


May,  1894. 

CHAS.  W.  PALMIE. 


May,  1894. 

HEINRICH  VOGEL, 

Dresden,  Oermany. 


c;kand  canon  ok  the  Colorado  river. 


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June  i,  1894. 

Mrs.  SUMNER  BABCOCK, 
SUHNER  BABCOCK. 

Arrived  June  1st  at  Moran's  Point; 
Sunset,  June  2d;  June  3d,  down  the 
Grand  Canon  to  the  river,  by  the  way  of 
Red  Canon  and  Lauras  Gorge.  Time 
from  river  to  rim,  three  and  a  half  hours. 
No  language  can  describe  the  grandeur  of 
the  trip.  June  5th,  en  route  to  the  Yo- 
semite  Valley  and  Yellowstone  Park. 


June  4,  1894. 

SAM  HUBBARD,  Jr., 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Where  Alph,  the  sacred  river,  ran  through 

caverns  measureless  to  man, 
Down  to  a  sunless  sea, 
Take  the  wild  imagination  of  Coleridge, 
Take  the  wonderful  masterpieces  of  Dore, 
Yet,  neither  poet  nor  painter  has  ever  con- 
ceived this  sublime  reality. 


June  20,  1894.. 

C.  L.  BINQHAM, 

Chicago,  111. 


June  23,  1894. 

J.  M.  CONNELL, 
Mrs.  J.  M.  CONNELL, 
Master  RAYMOND  CONNELL, 
FRANCIS  CONNELL, 

Chicago. 


June  23,   1894. 

Hiss  EDITH  LOCKELT, 


Chicago. 


June  2 j,  1894. 

E.  WELLS  KILOUG, 

Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 


June  23,  1S94. 

W.  H.  PICKERING, 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


June  23,  1894. 

A.  E.  DOUGLASS, 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


June  23,  1894. 

CHAS.  G.  SLACK, 

Marietta,  Ohio. 


July  18,  1894. 

B.  C.  HOCK, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


July  18,  1894. 

GEO.  H.  SICREST, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


July  18,  1894. 

BERRY  J.  BOSTWICK, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 


July  iS,  1894. 
J.  H.  POLITZER, 


Phoenix,  A.  T. 


July  18,  1S94. 
J.  S.  BURTON, 


Phoenix,  A.  T. 


July  18,  1894. 

J.  T.  SPANGLER, 


Phoenix,  A.  T. 


August  9,  1894. 
P.  B.  McCABE, 


Phoenix,  A.  T. 


Words  are  inadequate  to  describe  the 
sublimity  of  a  sunset  view  of  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado,  and  should  be 
counted  among  the  Seven  Wonders  of 
the  world. 


September  9,  1894. 
J.  DOYLE. 


New  York. 


September  9,  J 8 94 
C.  S.  SARGENT, 


September  9,  1S94. 
J.  W.  TOURMEY, 


Tucson,  A.  T. 


Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


September  15,  1894. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  R.  GOUCHER, 
Carthage,  Ho. 

September  21,  1894. 

Mrs.  E.  H.  CHASE, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

September  21,  1894. 

Dr.  A.  I.  BOUFFLEUR, 

Miss  GRACE  F.  BOUFFLEUR, 

Chicago. 

September  21,  1894. 

C.  H.  FANCHER, 

Land  Agt.  A.  1\  R.  R. 
HATTIE  W.  FANCHER, 
GRACE  FANCHER, 
WARD  FANCHER, 

Albuq  ,  N.  M. 

We  all  went  down  the  new  trail  on 
September  21st  to  the  river,  starting 
about  S  a.m.,  and  returned  about  7  p.m., 
riding  horseback  nearly  all  the  way. 

September  28,  1894. 

B.  N.  FREEMAN, 
Mrs.   B.  N.  FREEMAN, 
Miss  HELEN  FREEMAN, 

Denver,  Colorado. 


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September  28,  1894. 

W.  0.  COLE, 

Miss  BLANCH  E.  COLE, 

Chicago,  III. 


September  28,  1894. 
fliss  FORD, 


Boston,  Mass. 


October  7,  1894. 

S.  F.  J1EQUIRE, 

Mrs.  S.  F.  flEGUIRE, 

ALVIE  ilEGUIRE, 

Little  FRANKIE  MEQUIRE, 

WH.  Q.  BAILEY, 

niss  LEOTIA  STONE, 

Jerome,  Ariz. 

Visited  Grand  Canon  via  Hance's  new 
trail. 


November  8,  1894. 

D.  T.  BRAINARD, 

First    Lieut.  2d   Cavalry,   U.   S. 
Army. 


November  12,  1894. 

D.  K.  FITZHUQH, 

Special  Examiner  Pension  Bureau, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

To  Grand  Canon  and  back  this  day,  on 
foot,  and  I  will  never  forget  it.  Went  to 
river,  via  Hance's  New  Trail.  The  grand- 
est sight  in  the  world. 


November  16,  1S94. 
J.  H.  STEVENSON. 

My  only  regret  is  that  John  Hance  and 
I  can't  make  a  longer  stop  at  the  boss 
ditch  of  the  world. 


March  19,  1893. 
R.  K.  WILLIS, 

Lewis  Centre,  Delaware  Co., 
Ohio. 

I  wish  to  say  that  I  have  seen  a  good 
deal  of  this  great  and  beautiful  land  of 
ours,  and  calling  on  the  great  God  that 
made  all  these  beautiful  sights,  I  wish 
to  say  that  right  here  on  the  ranch  owned 
by  John  Hance  is  the  greatest  sight  in 
the  world,  and  I  want  all  my  friends  on 
earth  to  come  and  enjoy  the  sights  and 
his  open  heart  and  hospitality. 


March  19,  1893. 

NEWTON  CHALKER, 

Akron,  Ohio. 

I  have  spent  two  days  very  pleasantly 
visiting  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado, 
and  enjoying  the  accommodations  at  the 
inn  of  John  Hance,  and  enjoyed  both 
hugely. 


April  18,  189s. 

JAS.  N.  BETHUNE, 


Los  Angeles. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


April  18,  1S95. 
HUGH  J.  LEE, 
E.  P.  T0B1E,  Jr., 

Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

We,  Us  and  Company  went  from 
Hance's  cabin  to  the  river  and  returned 
in  four  and  a  quarter  hours. 


April  27,  1895. 
H.  P.  SPENCER, 

Denver,  Colo. 

Simply  indescribable. 

April  27,   1S95. 

C.  0.  HALL, 

Conway,  Iowa. 

Editor  Journal. 

After  a  two  days'  visit  to  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  is  all  that  it  is 
represented  to  be,  and  more,  too.  No 
language  can  fully  describe,  no  artist 
paint  the  beauty,  grandeur,  immensity 
and  sublimity  of  this  most  wonderful  pro- 
duction of  Nature's  great  architect.  It 
must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated. 


April  jo,   1895. 

W.  WEST  DURANT, 

New  York. 

It  is  presumption  to  attempt  to  express 
in  mere  words  the  impression  made  upon 
one  by  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado, 
even  after  viewing  it  more  than  once.  It 
must  be  seen  to  be  understood  and  even 
in  part  appreciated. 


April  JO,  1895. 
L.  N.  STOTT, 


Stottville,  N.  M. 


The  only  part  of  the  canon  I  feel  I  have 
seen  is  Mr.  Hance's  trail.  Any  one  who 
does  not  take  the  trip  down  into  the  canon 
misses  the  grandest  part  of  that  little  part, 
which  you  can  see  in  three  days'  time. 


May  7,  1805. 

TILLIE  VERKAMP. 


May  7,  1893. 

CLARA  WESSEL. 


May  7,  1895. 
I.  H.  W. 

Drink    Condit    and    Mercur's  Orange 
Cider. 


May  20,  1S95 . 

CLARENCE  M.  SMITH, 

54  Wall  St.,  N.  Y. 

The  Grand  Cafion  is  simply  sublime. 
A  trip  should  be  made  down  Captain 
Hance's  trail  to  the  river,  but  the  traveler 
must  keep  his  helm  hard-a-port.  My 
personal  experience  in  a  jaunt  to  the 
river  and  returning  in  one  day,  bids  me 
quote  Virgil's  description  of  a  visit  to 
Hades,  of  which  he  says:  Facilis  Avertio 
descensus  est ;  Sed  reddere.  (That 's  the 
rub.) 


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May  31,   1895. 

Miss  WHITLOCK, 
Mrs.  WHITLOCK. 

You  may  talk  of  this  and  that  point  and 
view,  but  give  us  the  Hance  Point,  with 
shifting  clouds  and  sun  playing  at  hide- 
and-seek  over  Santa  F6  Temple. 


Grand  Ca?ion,  June  5,  1895. 

Mrs.  MARY  E.  HART,  M.  D., 

Los  Angeles. 

There  is  a  certain  malady,  commonly 
termed  "big  head,"  with  which  a  large 
number  of  otherwise  healthy  people  are 
afflicted. 

Prescription:  Stand  upon  the  brink  of 
the  Grand  Canon,  gaze  down,  and  still 
further  down,  into  its  awful  depths,  and 
realize  for  the  first  time  your  own  utter 
insignificance. 


June  9,   18Q5. 

W.  B.  THOMAS, 

Los  Angeles. 

I  have  seen  what  is  without  doubt  the 
grandest  natural  wonder  in  the  world,  the 
Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado,  and  I  have 
also  seen  enough  to  convince  me  that  no 
man  or  woman  should  attempt  to  make 
the  trip  to  the  river  a-foot.  If  you  can't 
go  on  a  horse,  don't  go. 


June  9,   1S95. 

T.  S.  VAN  DYKE, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

All  it  is  said  to  be,  and  the  trail  one  of 
the  safest  I  have  ever  seen. 


June  it,   1895. 

J.  H.  TOLFREE, 

If  the  mountains  of  the  earth  were 
leveled  off  and  dumped  into  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  at  this  point, 
there  would  not  be  a  trail  wide  enough 
for  a  thoroughbred  Indian  to  cross  upon. 


June  12,   1895. 

TESSA  L.  KELSO, 

A  better  thing  than  writing  in  John 
Hance's  book  is  riding  down  John 
Hance's  trail  to   the   river. 


June  14,   1895. 

RUE  H.  HARDENBERG, 

Magnificent,   and    much    else  also  in 
addition  besides. 


June  14,   1893. 

ALFRED  P.  GRIFFITH, 

Azusa,  Cal. 

The  grandest  sight  of  my  life,  and  far 
above  possible  anticipation,  but  Captain 
Hance's  double-breasted  tea  can't  be 
surpassed. 


June  14,   1893 . 

EFFIE  B.  GRIFFITH, 

Rushville,  III. 

My  first  horseback  ride  or  any  stage. 
I  took  the  canon  trip  on  Captain  Hance's 
horse  Dick,  and  am  alive  to  tell  the  tale. 
I  can  never  forget  what  I  have  seen. 


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PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


Grand  Canon,  June  16,  i8g§. 

HARRY  T.  CORY,  C.  E., 

Columbia,  Mo. 

Yesterday  I  went  with  Captain  Hance 
to  the  river.  It  certainly  was  the  ex- 
perience of  my  life.  One  really  has 
never  seen  the  canon  until  he  has  gone 
down  the  trail  to  the  river.  After  that 
trip  he  will  certainly  agree  with  me  that 
the  canon  is  the  most  awful,  horrible 
thing  ever  conceived  of,  and  for  heaven's 
sake  don't  go  alone  nor  walk.  To  save 
money  by  walking,  or  going  alone,  is  the 
worst  way  of  saving  money  I  can  con- 
ceive of.  If  you  do  save  money  (falsely, 
so  called,)  just  read  this  when  you  get 
back,  and  remember  that  I  told  you  so. 


July  17,  1895. 

JOHN  W.  SEARGEAINT, 

Mrs.    W.    F.    SEARGEANT    AND 
CHILDREN, 

Marshall,  Ho. 


July  25,  1895. 

ED.  B.  CULLINAM, 

372  W.  Seventh,  St. 
Cincinnati,  0. 


EZRA  J.  WARNER,  Jr., 

Chicago,  111. 


JOSEPH  E.  Z.  HUNT, 

Honolulu, 

Hawaiian  Islands. 


JOHN  HUNTER  STEARNS, 

Chicago,  III. 


July.  29,  1895. 

H.  H.  PRUGH, 
CARRIE  M.  PRUGH, 

Dayton,  Ohio. 

This  is  our  fourth  day  here.  Have 
been  down  the  new  trail  with  John 
Hance,  and  made  various  excursions 
along  the  rim.  We  feel  that  we  have 
only  commenced  to  realize  the  unspeak- 
able sublimity  of  the  canon,  and  hope  to 
come  again  when  the  railroad  is  built 
from  Flagstaff. 


July  31,  1895. 

ALDACE  F.  WALKER, 
KATHARINE  WALKER, 
S.  F.  GILBERT, 
ROBERT  WALKER, 
HAROLD  WALKER, 

All  of  Chicago. 


August  7,  1895. 

L.  W.  JOHNSON, 

GEO.  BURGESS, 

W.  E.  GRAVES, 

CHAS.  BURKHART, 

G.  A.  ilcCLAFLIN, 

R.  S.  McCLAFLIN, 

J.  G.  AXLING, 

Mrs.  R.  S.  McCLAFLIN, 

firs.  GEO.  IRWIN, 

Miss  ORA  RUFFCORN, 


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Miss  ANNIE  STUMP, 
Miss  LYDIA  MORRIS, 
Miss  MAGGIE  TYNAN, 

Winslow,  A.  T. 


August  /,  1895 . 

CHAS  E.  BURKHART. 

Cooked  for  the  Winslow  party. 

Grand  Cation,  August  ip,  1895. 

G.  A.  NEEFF. 

We  have  enjoyed  everything, — the 
faces,  the  characters,  the  meals,  this 
book;  last,  but  not  least,  ah!  the  canon. 
We  have  seen  its  faces,—  oh,  so  varied, 
somber,  smiling,  meditatingly,  growling, 
ecstatic.  To  have  seen  the  faces  of  the 
mountains  and  the  depths  is  to  have 
studied  the  thousand  characters,  and  yet 
but  to  catch  an  inkling  of  its  true  worth. 
It  is  a  book,  this  canon  is,  to  the  poetic 
soul,  and  with  such  convivial  spirit  about 
these  venerable  trees  and  kind,  smiling 
faces  at  the  camp,  it  is  one  of  the  most 
restful  places  imaginable.  The  canon 
itself  is  a  picture  of  eternal  rest.  May  the 
time  soon  come  when  many  will  enjoy  the 
beauties  of  these  God-given  festivities. 


August  21 ',  1895. 

CHAS.  A.  BALEY, 

Oakland,  Cal. 

WM.  C.  VAUGHAN, 

Chicago,  111. 

We  made  this  day  the  ascent  of  Ayer's 
Peak.  A  flag  was  placed  on  the  northern 
peak,  one  on  the  southern,  and  a  monu- 


ment reared  on  the  middle  one.  Ayer '^ 
Peak  occupies  a  central  position  in  the 
Grand  Canon,  from  which  are  revealed 
such  a  touch  of  immensity  and  grandeur 
as  to  produce  an  indellible  impression. 


August  22,  1895. 

CAROLINE  HADLEY 

(Aged  nine  years). 

We  have  been  to  Moran  Point,  and  we 
would  like  to  go  to  the  river,  but  I  do  not 
think  we  can.  I  think  it  is  very,  very  deep, 
and  grand,  and  that  it  must  have  taken  ;i 
very  long  time  to  make  it.  I  would  like 
to  stay  here  forever,  it  is  so  beautiful. 


Grand  Canon,  August  25,  1893. 

C.  H.  COBLE, 
L.  L.  FERRAL, 
T.  B.  BELL, 
F.  D.  MYERS, 
J.  M.  AITKEN. 

Bicycle  party. 

Bell,  Myers  and  Aitken  made  the  trip 
over  the  Hance  trail  on  foot.  Time,  from 
head  of  trail  to  river,  two  hours  and 
twenty-five  minutes;  rested  two  hours, 
and  made  the  head  of  the  trail  in  four 
hours  and  fifteen  minutes. 


August  jo,  1893. 

I.  T.  WHITTEnORE, 

Florence,  Arizona. 

The  longings  of  my  heart  have  been 
gratified.  My  anticipations  and  expecta- 
tions more  than  realized.     I  look  in  won- 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF  THE 


der,  love,  and  admiration  at  this  mightiest 
of  God's  created  works,  but  never  have  I 
felt  so  small,  and  God  so  great,  as  while 
standing,  awe-struck  and  overwhelmed, 
as  in  gazing  on  this,  the  greatest  of  all 
earthly  wonders.  I  cannot  leave,  how- 
ever, without  leaving  my  testimony  of 
respect  for  the  man  who  made  the  trail, 
and  made  it  possible  for  all  sight-seers  to 
see  the  canon  from  crest  to  base.  All 
honor  to  friend  John  Hance. 


Grand  Canon,  August  31,  1895. 

EDITH  MANSFIELD. 

Doubtless,  God  might  have  made  some- 
thing more  wonderful  or  more  magnifi- 
cent, but,  doubtless,  he  never  did.  Amer- 
ica for  Americans.  I  am  glad  to  add  my 
meed,  respect,  and  admiration  for  the 
enterprise  and  determination  which  made 
the  trail  possible. 


August  31,   1895. 

MARIAN  SCOTT  FRANKLIN. 

A  vision  of  what  God  has  prepared  for 
us  in  the  New  Jerusalem. 


August  3/,   1895. 

HOWARD  MARINE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

Views  from  Moran's  and  Bissell's 
Points  are  the  finest  you  will  see,  and  go 
down  the  trail,  and  you  will  know  the 
depth  of  the  canon  by  experience. 


A?tg?tst  jf,  1895. 

Miss  HAYBEL  MYERS, 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 


August  31,  1895. 

Miss  HARY  SMITH, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 


August  31,   1895. 

JOHN  Y.  T.  SMITH. 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 

To  Mr.  John  Hance: — 

My  Old  Friend:  I  am  delighted  to  meet 
you  on  the  rim  of  the  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Colorado  River,  after  a  score  or  more  of 
years  since  our  last  meeting. 


August  31,  1895. 

Miss  WINIFRED  SMITH, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 


August  31,  1895. 

EDWIN  E.  CARROLL, 

Lawrence,  Kan. 


September  19,  1895. 

R.  F.  GOBLE, 
B.  D.  GOBLE, 
O.  K.  CUSHING. 

The  canon  is  here  to  show  for  itself,  and 
Captain  Hance  will  show  it  to  you. 


A    COMMODIOUS    TENT,    GRAND    CANON. 


INTERIOR    OF    SAME. 


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September,   19,   1895. 

Dr.  ARTHUR  KORN, 

Munich,  Germany. 


September  20,  1895. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  AITKIN, 

J.  A.  EVERTS, 

Q.  A.  DUTCHER, 

E.  W.  DUTCHER,  M.  D. 

All  of  Whipple  Barracks,  Arizona. 

Beautiful  Grand  Canon. 


September  20,  1895. 
HUGO  FROMHOLZ, 

Berlin,  Germany. 

Visited  the  canon,  went  only  half  way 
down  the  trail,  but  was  fully  satisfied  of 
that.     Point  Moran  pleased  me  best. 


September  25,  1895. 
W.  E.  PEDRICK, 

Denver,  Colo. 

On  the  trail  to  the  river,  about  half  an 
hour's  march  from  a  point  opposite  Point 
Moran  to  the  right  of  the  trail  among 
cedars,  and  about  one  hundred  yards 
distant  from  the  trail,  rises  a  projecting 
rock,  upon  whose  side  I  noticed  to-day 
what  appeared  from  the  trail  upon  the 
face  of  the  rock  to  be  some  kind  of  rep- 
tile, coiled  in  circles,  over  a  space  about 
four  feet  long.  I  had  no  time  to  visit  it 
to-day,  and  hope  some  geological  stu- 
dent will  make  a  close  examination,  and 
hope  a  classification  may  be  arrived  at. 


September  26,  1895. 
Dr.  G.  SOHWATHE, 


Germany. 


September  2j,  1895 '. 

WM.  MARTIA   AIKEN, 

Supervising  Architect, 
Treasury  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C. 


October  1,  1895. 

FRED  J.  MADDEN, 

Clinton,  Iowa. 

EDITH  M.  TOLFREE, 

GERTRUDE  TOLFREE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

PORTER  FLEMING, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 

CHAS.  S.  FLEMillNG, 

Stanford  University. 

Grand  Canon  survey  party. 

We  all  expect  to  see  the  Grand  Canon 
from  the  windows  of  a  palace-car  next 
year.  "Dude,"  the  jack-rabbit  police- 
dog,  kept  us  in  game. 


October  1,   1895. 

WILL  B.  HUNTER, 

Chicago. 

Wonderful  canon, 

Child  of  the  seas, 

No  man  knows  thy  history, 

None  can  solve  thy  mystery; 

God-given  glimpse  of  eternity 

To  weak  humanity. 


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October  7,  1S95. 

Dr.  P.  G.  CORNISH, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

F.  H.  NEWHAN, 
W.  B.  HUNTER, 
W.  F.  TALIAFERRO, 

Albuquerque,  N.  M. 

E.  A.  SLIKER, 

Flagstaff,   Arizona. 

Captain  C.  E.  HOWARD 

Cycling  party. 


October  7,  1895. 

The  Arizona  Mission  Conference  of  the 
M.  E.  Church,  by  arrangements  of  Rev. 
B.  M.  Danforth,  Pastor  of  the  M.  E. 
Church  at  Flagstaff,  visited  the  Grand 
Canon.  All  agreed  that  the  trip  was  the 
event  of  a  lifetime.  The  party  was  com- 
posed of  the  following  persons: — 

Bishop  HENRY  W.  WARREN, 

Denver,  Colo. 

G.   F.  BOVARD, 

Supt.  Arizona  Mission. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

C.  J.  CHASE  AND  WIFE, 

Pastor  at  Phoenix,  A.  T. 

Q.  F.  PIERENAUD, 

Pastor  at  Prescott,  A.  T. 

ED.  DEARBORN  AND  WIFE, 

Pastor  at  Alhambra,  A.  T. 

DAVID  ROBERTS, 

Pastor  Tombstone,  A.  T. 

B    M.  DANFORTH, 

Pastor  Flagstaff,  A.  T. 

Mrs.  HUNT, 

Glendale,  Arizona. 


The  flisses  AMY  and  DAISY  DAN= 

FORTH, 
WILL  DANFORTH, 

Family  of  the  pastor  at  Flagstaff. 

We  all  agree  that  the  Grand  Canon  is 
the  greatest  thing  on  earth  of  its  kind, 
and  heartily  endorse  the  entire  manage- 
ment, including  the  Grand  Canon  Stage 
Company,  the  hotel  management,  and 
will  not  soon  forget  our  guide,  Captain 
John  Hance. 


Friday,  October  25,  1895. 

CHAS.  P.  BOND, 

Boston,  Mass.,  and 
Waltham,  Mass. 

A  single  day  has  given  me  only  a 
glimpse  of  this  marvelous  creation  of 
Nature.  That  glimpse  has,  however, 
been  a  revelation  to  me.  I  have  seen  all 
the  wonders  of  the  New  World  that  com- 
mand the  admiration  of  man,  but  I  regard 
this  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River 
as  the  grandest  of  them  all.  One  of  God's 
masterpieces, —  its  grandeur,  its  marvel- 
ous groupings  of  Nature's  pinnacles,  and 
its  vast  extent, —  is  beyond  the  grasp  of 
human  intellect  to  comprehend,  and  be- 
yond the  power  of  human  language  to 
accurately  picture.  No  pen  or  pencil  can 
portray  its  awful  grandeur.  It  is  a  kaleido- 
scope ©f  Nature's  greatest  beauties,  fur- 
nishing new  surprises  and  new  wonders 
from  every  point  of  view.  It  well  de- 
serves a  place  in  the  galaxy  of  the  great 
wonders  of  the  world;  climate,  country, 
people,  and  surroundings,  all  combine, 
to  make  this  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colo- 
rado River  one  of  the  ideal  spots  on  the 
American  Continent.  A  place  where  one 
must    always    love  to  come,   and    from 


GRAND   CANON   OF  THE   COLORADO    RIVER. 


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which  he  goes  with  much  reluctance.  It 
is  a  place  where  man  must  feel,  if  he 
never  felt  it  before,  the  existence  of  a 
Creator,  in  whose  presence  he  is  as 
nothing,  and  whose  ways  are  past 
understanding. 


Beginning    of    the    season,     April 
1896. 


April  /J,  1896. 

E.  A.  SLIKER, 

C.  H.  COBLE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

The  Coconino  Cycling  Club. 

The  first  cyclers  of  the  season.  We  all 
expect  to  see  the  canon  from  the  seat  of  a 
flat  or  hand-car  next  year. 

Lovingly  yours, 

E.  A.  SLIKER. 


April  23,  1S96. 

Mr.  and  rirs.  W.  D.  ELLIS, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y, 


April  29,  1896. 

HARRY  FIRVE, 

Albuquerque,  N.  H. 

I  have  been  here  two  days,  and  never 
had  so  much  fun  since  I  had  the  measles. 


May  12,  1896. 

J.  M.  CASSIN, 

Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 

If  to  see  the  Grand  Canon  for  a  day  or 


two  is  so  great  a  pleasure,  what  must  it 
be  to  view  it  daily  for  years  ?  John  Hance 
alone  can  tell. 


May  12,  1896. 

ARTHUR   l.  SHOLL, 

General  Office,  P.  R.  R., 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I  made  the  trip  over  the  new  trail  be- 
tween the  hours  of  8  a.m.  and  5  P.M., 
spending  an  hour  at  the  river.  The  most 
magnificent  walk  of  my  life;  but  I  wish 
to  say  to  others  who  may  wish  to  walk, 
take  our  respected  friend's  advice, —  a 
word  to  the  wise  is  sufficient. 


May  12,  1896. 

Dr.  S.  A.  KNOPF. 

To  Mr.  Hance  I  wish  a  few  gold- 
mines and  many  years  of  health  and 
happiness  besides. 


June  19,  1896. —  9  p.m. 

CHAS.  WM.  SIRCH, 

JTilwaukee,  Wis. 

Left  morning  23d  of  June  1896. 

impression  1. 

After  the  drive,  a  view,  a 

Sight  of  the  Canon  grande\ 
Regrets  of  the  wearisome  drive 

To  this  corner  of  the  land  ;— 
The  scene  I  admit  is  rugged, 

But  should  I  seek  the  course, 
When  around   me   are  beautiful  moun- 
tains, 

Already  I  feel  remorse, 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF    THE 


'T  is  not  half  so  big  as  I  expected. 

Oh  thoroughly  I  despise 
The  travelers  who  exaggerate, 

Especially  as  to  size. 

IMPRESSION    II. 

A  supper,  well-served  and  hot, 

Quite  cures  a  man  of  the  blues, 
A  sleep  in  a  cool,  sweet  cot 

Full  many  regrets  subdues. 
A  breakfast,  two  burros,  a  guide, 

A  descent  from  the  canon's  rim, 
I  cared  not  to  explore  the  canon, 

But  just  to  be  company  to  him, 
My  friend,  the  Professor,  from  Kansas. 

Afoot  I  descend  the  trail. 

IMPRESSION    III. 

At  eight  we  are  found  well-started; 

At  ten  we  did  not  fail 
To  drink  at  the  old  stone  cabin; 

At  eleven  the  ladders  descend; 
At  twelve  we  have  reached  the  river, 

Down  at  the  canon's  end. 

IMPRESSION    IV. 

A  rest  and  a  plunge  in  the  river, 

And  experience  in  quicksand. 
We  felt  of  the  current  in  places, 

'T  would  most  take  off  one's  hand; 
At  three  we  prepared  for  the  ascent; 

Scaled  falls  by  ladders  and  ropes; 
I  had  walked  seven  miles  to  the  river, 

But  returning  was  most  beyond  hopes. 

impression  v. 
I  can  solve  most  difficult  problems 

Theorems  obscure  can  pass, 
But  I  frankly  acknowledge  in  high  arts 

Is  vastly  superior  the  ass. 

impression  VI. 
On  I  struggled,  e'er  seeking  the  higher; 
Anon  I  stopped  in  fright. 


An  inch  to  the  left,  an  inch  to  the  right, 

And  this  page  I  'd  not  indite. 
To  appreciate,  Oh  traveler, 

This  canon's  awful  height, 
You  must  ascend  without  burro, 

With  your  own  strong  brawn  and  might; 
For  where  theie  is  no  unit  of  measure 

To  calculate  the  size, 
To  man  the  extent  of  the  labor 
Will  atone  for  the  failure  of  eyes. 

IMPRESSION   VII. 

"  Carpe  diem,"  and  do  not  fail 

To  visit  Moran's  view, 
For  though  quite  weary  grows  the  trail, 

The  grandeur  will  ne'er  be  forgotten  by 
you. 

IMPRESSION   VIII. 

Beautiful  was  the  trip  we  made 
Down  Cameron's  trail  and  through  the 

caves. 
Impressions  of   stratas  and  stalagmites 

will  cling  to  my  memory,  and  more 

I  crave. 


June  jy,    i8y6. 

J.  CURTIS  WASSOIN,  A.  B. 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

Came  to  Grand  Canon  Hotel;  got  out 
of  stage;  walked  over  to  rim  of  canon; 
looked  out,  and  Oh!!!  June  20th,  went 
down  Hance's  trail  to  river,  took  a  bath 
in  river,  and  returned.  June  21st,  went 
to  Moran's  Point.  June  22d,  went  down 
Cameron's  trail;  visited  mines,  and  ex- 
plored three  caves. 

Cha^m  of  the  Creator, 

Handiwork  of  His  hand, 
And  of  His  works  none  greater 

Is  found  in  all  the  land. 


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Great,  massive,  awful  abyss, 

Delving  Pluto's  artifice, 
To  keep  his  realm  obscure  within, 

From  upper  worlds  of  wayward  men. 

And  to  our  host  and  hostess  kind, 
And  daughters  fairest  of  mankind, 

Who  added  to  our  joy, 
We,  friend  Sirch  and  I 

Now  say  good-by, 
And  hail  our  stage,  ahoy! 

May  heaven's  pleasure, 

Without  measure, 
E'er  your  way  betide, 

That  others  coming, 
In  the  gloaming, 

May  e'er  in  you  confide. 


August  12,  1896. 

S.  SOPHIA  FRIEDLBY, 

Morristown,  Pa. 


August  12 ,  1896. 
ROBERT  P.  SHICK, 


Reading,  Pa. 


August  12,  i8y6. 

Wil.  H.  BEAN, 
First  Lieut.,  Second  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A- 


August  j 2,   1896. 

WM.  STOWE  DERVOL, 

University  of  Arizona, 

Tucson,  Arizona. 

It  is  a  chasm  to  afford  a  place  wherein 
the  soul  may  seek  repose,  and  which  may 
prompt  the  deepest  emotions  to  great 
activity,  and  lift  man  above  himself. 


August  12,  i8g6. 

I1ARY  C.  STINSON, 

flcrristown,  Pa. 


August  12,  1896. 

GERTRUDE  HENDERSON, 

Montgomery,  Pa. 


August  12,   1896. 

KATHARINE  P.  FRANCISCENS, 
Lewistown,  Pa. 


September  3,  1896. 

Rev.  ULYSSES  Q.  B.  PIERCE, 

Pomona,  Cal. 


September  3,  1896. 

Mrs.  WM.  F.  LEWIS, 

Fart  Apache,  A.  T. 


September  14,  1896. 

HELEN  A.   RIORDAN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


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PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS     OF    THE 


September  22,  1896. 

V.  H.  EDMUNDSON,  M.  D. 

Gallup,  N.  M. 


September  22,  1896. 

HARRIETTE  F.  CODWISE, 

Kingston,  N.  Y. 


September  22,  1896. 
Maj.  and  Mrs.  W.  M.  WALLACE. 


September  jo,  1896. 

I.  W.  RAND, 

First  Lieut.  Asst.  Surgeon,  U.  S.  A. 
Fort  Apache,  A.  T. 


October  23,  1896. 

WM.  AUGUST  BARROIS, 

Lile,  France. 


October  23,   1896. 
L.  BERKER. 


October  30,  1896. 

KATHARINE  ARMS, 
Mrs.  CHAS.  D.  ARMS, 

CAROLYN  WICK  ARMS, 

Youngstown,  Ohio. 


November  15,  1896. 

GEO.  E.  WHITE, 
MINNIE  A.  WHITE, 

Prescott,  Arizona. 

November  13,  1896. 

N.  0.  flURPHY, 
NELLIE  MURPHY, 

Prescott,  Arizona. 

November  28,  1896. 

HERHAN  KOBBE, 

Good  luck  to  Captain  Hance  on  his 
prospecting  tour,  and  may  he  strike  a 
bonanza. 

November  28,   1896. 

MAGNUS  C.  MYER, 

Chicago,  III. 

Many  a  land  has  seen  my  eyes,  many 
a  mountain  crossed  my  foot,  but  never 
seen  such  wonderful  creations  as  this, — 
the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado. 


Close  of  the  visiting  record  for  the 
year  1896. 


Monday,   ^Ipril  19,    189J. 

The  Opening  of  the  Season. 

JAMES  G.   DUNCAN, 

Mt.  Yernon,  N.  Y. 

Miss  A.  ENDICOTT, 

flartin,  N.  Y. 


CHIMNEY    ROCK.    GRAND    CANON. 


GRAND   CANON   OF   THE   COLORADO    RIVER. 


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J.  ALEXANDER  MOONE,  M.  D., 
Helena,  Montana. 

We  all    visited    Moran    and    Bissell's 
Point.     A  grand  sight. 


April  24,  1897. 
RUDOLF  FBACH, 

Barmen,  Germany. 

April  26,  1897. 

P.  C.  BICKNELL, 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 

May  1,   1897. 

fir.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  WOOL  WORTH. 

Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 

Visited  Moran's  Point,  Bissell's  Point, 
and  walked  part  way  down  John  Hance's 
trail.  Language  seems  weak  and  inade- 
quate to  the  task  of  describing  the  gran- 
deur of  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado 
River. 

May  5,    1897. 

Rev.  ULYSSES  Q.  B.  PIERCE, 

First  Unitarian  Church. 

FLORENCE  LONSBURY  PIERCE, 

Pomona,  Cal. 

Log  Hotel  dedicated  August  6,  1896. 

May  J,   1897. 
JAMES  PRINGLE, 

Edinburgh,  Scotland. 

Since  leaving  my  native  land  of  Scot- 


land I  have  traveled  upwards  of  thirty 
thousand  miles,— over  three  fourths  of 
this  globe, — but  have  nowhere  seen  so 
awe-inspiring  a  sight  as  the  Grand  Canon 
of  the  Colorado  River,  said  to  be  une- 
qualed  in  the  world.  I  believe  no  artist 
lias  yet  been  born  who  can  adequately 
portray  it,  nor  any  word-painter  can  do 
justice  to  so  majestic  a  theme.  It  is,  to 
my  mind,  a  humbling  sight,  and  the  main 
lesson  it  teaches  us  is  the  littleness  of 
man.  What  is  man,  that  thou  art  mind- 
ful of  him  ? 


Mays,  1897. 

Miss  JONES, 
E.  A.  JONES, 

Both  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


May  13,   1897. 

F.  W.  MORRIS,  Jr., 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


May  ij,  1897. 

GEO.  S.  GERHARD,  M.  D. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


May  14,  1897. 

R.  S.  HAYES, 
ANN  N.  HAYES, 

Both  of  New  York. 


The  biggest  thing  on  earth. 


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May  ij,  1897. 

CORLEIA  R.  BEAN, 
BLANCH  BEAN. 

Long  live  the  canon.  May  its  grandeur 
never  grow  less. 


ALDACE  F.  WALKER. 

A.  T.  &  S.  F.  R.  R. 


Endorsement  guaranteed. 


May  14,  1897. 

HENRY  J.  CAMGAN, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


May  16,  1897. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  THOS.  GOFFERY, 

Liverpool. 

Went  down  the  canon,  under  the  guid- 
ance of  Captain  John  Hance,  and  would 
advise  every  one  else  to  do  likewise,  as 
no  proper  conception  of  the  canon  can  be 
gained  from  above. 


May  19,   1897. 

W.  E.  NELSON, 

Quincy,  III. 


May  20,  1 8 97. 

ARTHUR  DIXON, 

Illinois. 


May  21,   1897. 

r\rs.  E.  L.  REYNOLDS, 

South  Bend, Ind. 

What  are  the  pyramids  of  Egypt,  works 
of  man,  compared  to  the  works  of  the 
Almighty. 


May  22,  1897. 

AGNES  FARRAND, 

South  Bend, Ind. 


May  22,   1897. 

CATHARINE  C.  E.  SMAY, 

South  Bend, Ind. 


May  22,  1897. 

EDWARD  EVERTT  SER, 

riontgomery  City,  Mo. 

In  testimony  of  Captain  Hance's  idea 
of  truth. 


May  22,  1897. 

Dr.  MONS  CARL  MULLER, 

Prag,  Austria. 


RUDOLF  de  HALEN, 

Hanover,  Germany. 


GRAND   CANON   OF   THE    COLORADO    RIVER. 


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May  24.,  1897. 

JAHES  H.  flcCLINTOCK, 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 

In  his  way,  Hance  is  as  great  as  the 
canon. 


May  25,  1S97. 

JOHN  A.  BECKWITH, 

Oakland,  Cal. 

If  Dickens  had  only  been  John  Hance, 
what  a  book  he  could  have  written.  As 
for  the  canon,  it  is  undoubtedly  the  most 
wonderful  thing  of  its  kind  on  this  earth. 
The  crater  of  Kilauea,  in  violent  action," 
is  possibly  the  more  impressive  of  the 
two. 


May  27,  1897- 

PREBIN  A.  LAURING. 


May  28,   1897. 

GEO.  W.  REEVE, 
ARCHIE  REEVE, 


Jlontreal. 


May  28,  1897. 

JOHN  ADAMS  LOWELL, 

Boston,  Mass. 


May  28,  1897. 

L.  MACDONALD, 

Montreal,  Canada. 

May  j/,   1897 . 

KANSAS  TOURISTS. 

We  hope  when  next 

We  visit  the  canons, 
To  find  John  and 
.    Peck  dearer  companions. 

May  she  put  on  a  dress, 

To  cover  her  pants, 
And  change  her  name 

To  Mrs.  John  Hance. 

May  they  be  supplied 
With  plenty  of  bedding, 

When  we  all  come  to  dance, 
At  the  Hance-Peck  wedding. 

John,  if  ever  inclined 

To  go  on  a  tipple, 
Just  go  to  the  canon, 

And  behold  Peck's  nipple. 


May  31,  1897. 

J.  P.  CAMPBELL, 

Ashland,  Kans. 

Next  to  the  Grand  Canon,  Captain  John 
Hance  and  his  trail  are  two  of  the  great- 
est wonders  of  the  world.  The  half  was 
never  told. 


June  r,   1897. 

ROBERT  W.  PARK, 

Stockyards, 

Kansas  City,  flo. 


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June  I,   1897. 

F.  MOULTON  BARRETT, 

Devon,  England. 

During  our  stay  at  the  Grand  Canon, 
we  were  much  indebted  to  Captain  Hance 
for  his  excellent  arrangements,  courtesy, 
and  his  wonderful  information. 


June  I,   1897. 

GILBERT  DAVIDSON, 

Devon,  England. 

I   heartily  endorse  all  my  friend  has 
said. 


June  I,   1897. 

n.  C.  CAMPBELL, 

Wichita,  Kans. 

El  Canon  Grande"  de  la  Colorado  is,  in 
my  judgment,  one  of  the  greatest  wonders 
of  the  world.  Captain  Hance,  the  mod- 
ern path-finder,  well  deserving  the  title. 


June  1,   1897. 

H.  RIEDHAN, 

Hamburg,  Germany. 

Heartily     endorsing     everything     said 
above. 


June  1,   1897. 

JOS.  TANGERNAN, 

Newport-  Ky. 


June  1,   1897. 

G.  W.  MEAD,  Jr., 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


June  6,  1897. 

Hr.  and  Mrs.  ERNEST  de  SASSE= 
VILLE, 

Denver,  Colo. 


June  10,  1897. 

FRANK  J.  HAHN, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

The  kindness  of  Captain  Hance  and 
Mr.  Clayton  have  made  our  stay  a  very 
*pleasant  one. 


June  10,  1897. 

EMILIE  F.  HAHN. 

In  testimony  of  the  courtesy  and  kind- 
ness of  Captain  John  Hance  and  Mr. 
Clayton. 


June  if,  1897. 

R.  W.  DANA. 

Delighted  with  everything,    even   the 
mules. 


June  1 J,   1897. 

CHAS.  STANFORD. 

Vastly  pleased  with  the  whole  trip. 


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Jiine  1  j,  1897. 

P.  E.  KIPP. 

Marvelous  are  Thy  works,  and  that  my 
soul  knoweth  right  well. 


June  18,  1897. 

WALTER  Q.  BENTLEY, 

200  Randolph  St., 
Chicago,  111. 

While  memory  holds  a  seat  in  this  dis- 
tracted orb  shall  I  forget  the  impression 
made  by  this  short  acquaintance  with  the 
greatest  of  all  natural  wonders.  It  is  a 
great  pleasure  to  be  able  to  vouch  for 
Captain  John  Hance,  as  guide  and  friend, 
without  whom  tourists  would  be  deprived 
of  the  most  impressive  part  of  their  visit, 
a  trip  down  the  trail  to  the  river.  After 
a  trip  down  the  trail  and  back  yesterday, 
and  a  visit  to  Points  Moran  and  Bissell 
to-day,  under  the  Hance  guidance,  would 
certainly  urge  every  visitor  to  avail  him- 
self of  Mr.  Hance's  trail,  thereby  assuring 
to  himself  the  very  best  condition  for  get- 
ting the  most  value  out  of  his  visit. 


June  23,  1897. 

IRA  D.  HAVEN,  WIFE  and  DAUGH 
TER, 

Oakland,  Cal. 


Jime  26,  1897. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  JOHN  R.  VOSKAMP, 
Pittsburg,  Pa. 


June  14  to  July  1,  1897. 

AMELIA  B.   HOLLENBACK, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Thank  Captain  Hance  and  the  canon 
for  the  happiest  two  weeks  any  one  ever 
s-pent. 


June  14  to  July  1,  1897. 

JOSEPHINE  W.  HOLLENBACK, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Our  expectations  for  years  have  beet* 
fully  and  more  than  happily  realized  dur- 
ing the  last  two  weeks.  To  Captain  John 
Hance  we  are  deeply- indebted  for  his 
untiring  courtesy  and  kindness,  which 
have  helped  to  make  our  visit  at  the 
Grand  Canon  all  that  it  has  been  to  us. 


July  2,   1897. 

THOS.  R.  LATTA, 
WM.  JACK  LATTA, 
riAMIE  LESH  LATTA, 

Goshen,  Ind. 

July  2,  1897. 

Mrs.  MARY  E.  LESH, 

Goshen, Ind. 

July  2,   1897. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  TAYLOR, 
Arrowsmith,  III. 

Words  are  inadequate  to  express  the 
awful  sublimity  and  grandeur  of  the 
Grand  Canon.  Many  thanks  to  Captain 
John  Hance  for  his  kindness. 


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Ju'y  2,  1897. 

H.  C.  McCLURE  AND  WIFE, 

Qileson  City,  III. 

Whilst  lie  lasts  we  can  never  forget 
the  generous  kindness  and  humane  hos- 
pitality of  our  friend,  Captain  John  Hance. 
May  he  have  long  life  in  his  well-doing. 


July  2,  1897. 

T.  C.  POLING, 

Quincy,  HI. 

Any  one  who  comes  to  the  Grand 
Canon,  and  fails  to  meet  Captain  John 
Hance,  will  miss  half  the  show.  I  can 
certify  that  he  can  tell  the  truth,  though 
it  is  claimed  by  his  friends  that  he  is  not 
exactly  like  the  Rev.  Geo.  W.  in  that 
particular,  as  he  can  do  the  other  thing 
when  necessary  to  make  a  story  sound 
right.     Long  live  Captain  Hance. 


July  7,  1897.      ■ 

W.  A.  HALL, 

Whitewater,  Wis. 

For  the  Lord  is  a  Great  God.  In  His 
hand  are  the  deep  places  of  the  earth.— 
Psalms,  xcv:3,  4. 


July  7,  1897. 

nr.  and  Hrs.  F.  A.  PATTEE, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Had  an  out-of-sight  time.  Words  fail 
to  express  our  delight  and  satisfaction 
with  all  we  have  seen. 


July  7,  1897. 

F.  A.  PATTEE. 

My  Dear  Captain: — 

You  may  build  trails  into  it,  up  it,  and 
around  it;  you  may  ever  take  a  few  more 
of  those  celebrated  horseback -jumps  over 
its  crest,  but  you  can  never  catch  up  with 
it.  Yours,  in  the  world  where  they  lie 
still  some  day. 


July  10,  1S9J. 

LEE  DOYLE, 
CHESTER  BLACK, 
JOHNIE  DOYLE, 
GEORGE  BLACK, 
JIITMIE  SMITH, 
BURT  DOYLE, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  Ariz. 


July  is,  1897. 

S.  G.  BAYNE, 

New  York. 


July  16,  1S97. 

Dr.   B.  WALLA, 

Budapest,  Hungary. 


July  16,  1897. 

KALHOIN  SAXLETHER, 

Budapest,  Hungary. 


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July  24,  1897. 

WM.  J.  McCLURE, 

Stapleton,  N.  Y. 

Traversed  the  rim  of  the  Grand  Canon 
of  the  Colorado  River  July  24,  1897,  and 
descended  to  the  Colorado  River,  in 
company  with  C.  E.  Shaver  and  Captain 
John  Hance,  the  guide,  July  25th.  We 
had,  therefore,  the  double  pleasure  of  a 
downward  and  upward  view  of  the  glo- 
rious Grand  Canon. 


July  24,  1897. 

C.  E.  SHAVER, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 

To  the  river  and  back  from  the  hotel 
in  eight  hours,  in  company  with  Father 
McClure  and  Captain  John  Hance. 

July  29,  1897. 

Mrs.  LEAH  D.  SCANDRETT. 

Spent  the  30th  on  the  rim  near  hotel. 
August  1st,  went  to  Moran's  Point. 
Viewed  from  any  place  on  the  rim,  and 
especially  Moran's  Point,  the  canon  is  the 
most  sublime  and  awe-inspiring  sight  one 
may  ever  hope  to  see  on  this  earth. 

July  29,  1897. 

H.  V.  SCANDRETT, 

Spearville,  Kan. 

There  are  few  subjects  too  large  for  a 
Kansasan  to  tackle,  but  to  express  my- 
self on  this  wonderful  masterpiece  is  to 
me  the  exception  that  proves  the  rule. 
Am  afraid  I  shall  not  be  able  to  tell  my 
friends  anything  about  it,  without  endan- 
gering my  standing  for  truthfulness. 


August  7,  1897. 

DAVID  W.  FAHS. 

Great  and  marvelous  are  Thy  works, 
O  Lord.  In  wisdom  hast  Thou  made 
them  all. 


August  10,  1897. 
THOS.  Q.  FROST  AND  WIFE, 

Minneapolis. 


August  11,  1897. 

G.  W.  PURSELL, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

To-day,  in  company  with  Captain  John 
Hance,  I  discovered  and  explored  the  first 
great  prominences  beyond  Fort  Hollen- 
beck,  and  named  the  same  "  Point  Die- 
waido." 


Atigust  11,  1897. 
RUBY  E.  COBB, 

Denver,  Colo. 


JAS.  S.  NIES, 


Brooklyn,  N.  V. 


Full  many  a  song  and  dance  I  've  heard, 

Upon  the  vaudeville  stage, 
But  none  can  beat  the  yarns  you  '11  get 

From  Capt.  John  Hance,  I  wage. 

The  woman  fat,  between  the  rocks, 

By  giant-powder  saved 
The  mare  who  jumped  two  thousand  feet, 

And  other  dangers  braved. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


But  to  appreciate  him  best, 
Just  hear  him  for  yourself, 

And  let  him  guide  you  o'er  the  trail, 
And  don't  you  spare  yourself. 


August  18,  1897. 

Mrs.  ROBERT  MURRAY, 

London,  Ontario. 


August  19,  1897. 

MAGGIE  J.  MURRAY, 

London,  Ontario. 


August  19,  1897. 

Dr.  W.  FREUVENTHAL, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


August  19,  1897. 

Mrs.  D.  J.  BRANNEN, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

The  sublimity  of  the  scene  forbids  all 
other  thoughts  except  those  of  reverence 
and  awe. 


August  27,  1897. 

C.  J.  BABBITT, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

August  27,  1897. 

PAUL  H.  VERKAMP, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


August  27,  1897. 
Mrs.  ROBERT  C.  MORRIS, 
ROBERT  C.  MORRIS, 

Both  of  New  York  City,  N.  Y, 


Augtist  27,  1897. 

D.  L.  E.  BRAINARD, 

Captain  C.  S.,  U.  S.  A. 


August  29,  1897. 

Dr.  T.  F.  ALLEN, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


August  29,  1897. 
Hiss  EVELYN  H.  NORDHOFF, 
New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


August  29,  1897. 

Mrs.  CHAS.  NORDHOFF, 

Coronado  Beach,  Cal. 


August  29,  1897. 

AARON  GOLDBURG, 
Miss  A.  GOLDBURG, 

Both  of  Phoenix,  A.  T. 


September  14,  1897. 

Mme.  ROUNSEVILLE, 

Chicago,  HI. 


GRAND    CANON   OF   THE   COLORADO    RIVER. 


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September  14,  1897. 

HARQUERITE  SHONTS. 

Pleased  with  everything,  even  Captain 
John  Hance. 


September  16,  1897. 
A.  REICLING, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


September  25,  1897. 

E.  W.  BOYD, 

Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Persons  visiting  the  Grand  Canon, 
without  taking  the  trail  to  the  river,  have 
failed  to  see  the  beauty  of  the  place. 
The  trail  is  perfectly  safe.  I  rode  from 
top  to  bottom.  Enjoyed  it  hugely.  As 
to  John  Hance,  he  is  very  gentlemanly, 
but  a  curiosity  of  the  rarest  type. 


September  26,  1897. 
J.  F.  JACKSON, 

nilwaukee,  Wis. 

The  canon  is  all  right. 


September  29,  1897 . 

J.  D.  CROISSANT, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

I  cheerfully  record  my  name  in  this 
book  as  among  those  who  fully  appre- 
ciate the  grandeur  of  this  great  canon. 
I  have  stood  upon  the  brink,  and  looked 
down  into  the  mouth  of  seething  Vesu- 
vius; have   looked  down  upon  Switzer- 


land's charming  lakes  from  Regi;  have 
climbed  to  the  top  of  Mt.  Washington  and 
Pike's  Peak,  and  have  just  come  from  a 
week's  stay  in  charming  Yosemite,  and  I 
freely  record  my  opinion  that  there  is 
nothing  on  earth  that  will  ever  compete 
with  this  Grand  Canon.  Captain  John 
Hance,  our  faithful  guide,  is  quite  as 
unique  in  his  way  as  the  canon  itself. 


September  29,  1897. 

DEWITT  CLINTON  CROISSANT, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Everything  surpasses  what  it  has  been 
cracked  up  to  be;  only  be  sure  when 
ordering  a  lunch  to  have  them  put  in  an 
extra  sandwich.  Captain  Hance,  with  all 
his  lies,  is  a  most  trustworthy  individual. 


September  29,  1897. 
DAVID  FORBES, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Glorious,  laborious.  Glad  I  went. 
Thankful  it's  over.  Special  thanks  to 
Captain  Hance.  Splendid  guide,  in  spite 
of  his  economy  of  the  truth. 


September  29,  1897. 

GUY  L.  FRAZER, 

Highlands,  Cal. 


September  29,  1897. 

J.  A.  HOLMES, 

U.  S.  Geological  Survey. 

Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 


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PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE 


October  6,  1897. 
H.  CARPENTER, 


Chicago,  111. 


October  12,   1897. 
ANNIE  J.  QARLIDE. 

Oh  my!  Oh  my!  Oh  my!  The  half 
was  never  told.  Good  luck  to  Captain 
Hance  and  all  the  good  people  at  the 
Grand  Canon  Hotel. 


October  16,  189/. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  L.  MOSS. 

John    Hance   is   half   and   the   Grand 
Canon  is  the  other  half. 


ANNA  M.  FLEMING, 
F.  S.  HAFFORD, 
ITARY  L.  WHITE, 
riARY  ncGILL, 
STANLY  WINDES, 
C.  RUTH  OPDYKE, 

Prescott,  A.  T. 

She  strode  along  with  a  manly  stroke, 
Till  the  puckering  string  of  her  bloom- 
ers broke. 


October  23,  1897. 

MABEL  A.  GARLAND, 

Pomona,  Cal. 


October  24,  1897. 

A.  JUDSON  BALL, 
MARY  H.  BALL, 

Mt.  Vernon,  Ohio. 

The  half  never  has   been  nor  never 
can  be  told. 


THE    CANON. 

Born  in  an  earthquake's  shock, 
And  carved  by  the  roaring  flood, 

Ye  mighty  piles  of  rock, 
Great  handiwork  of  God. 


November  4,  1897. 

F.  n.  LIVERMORE, 
Mrs.  F.  M.  LIVERMORE, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

November  4,  1897. 

D.  M.  FRANCIS, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

November  4,  1897. 

Miss  S.  L.  PHILLIPS, 

Denver,  Colo. 


Close  of  season  1897. 


April  25,   1898. 

J.  J.  LONERGAN, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


GRAND   CANON    OF   THE   COLORADO    RIVER. 


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April  25,  1898. 

JOHN  MARSHALL, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


April  25,  1898. 

J.  M.  SIMPSON, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

Crossed  the  river  below  rapids,  at  foot 
of  Hance's  trail,  April  27th.  Very  rough, 
and  high  water;  26th,  down  trail;  27th, 
across  river;  28th,  up;  29th,  Cameron  & 
Berry  mine;  30th,  at  hotel;  May  1st,  re- 
turned home. 


April  26,  i8g8. 

DENNY  BRERETON. 

I  went  to  the  river  with  Captain  John 
Hance  last  Saturday,  and  I  think  it 
enables  one  to  much  better  appreciate 
the  magnitude  and  wonders  of  this  great 
canon. 


May  2,  18Q8. 

C.  H.  VEEDER, 

Hartford,  Conn. 

Snow  twelve  inches  deep. 


May  3,  1898. 

EDWIN  O.  STANARD,  Jr. 

Went  around  the  rim  in  a  snow-storm. 
May  4th,  started  down  to  the  river.  Snow 
and  rain  all  day.    Roughest  passage  Cap- 


tain Hance  ever  made  (so  he  says). 
Weather  cleared  several  times  during 
the  day.  Trip  greatly  enjoyed.  Would 
do  it  again  in  similar  weather,  if  neces- 
sary. Better  in  a  snow-storm  than  not  at 
all.  Time  to  river,  two  hours  and  thirty 
minutes;  back,  three  hours  and  thirty 
minutes. 


May  5,  1898. 

H.  Q.  REIST, 

Schenectady,  New  York. 


May  J,  1898. 

CAROLINE  CARPENTER, 

Mass. 

To  take  a  ride  with  Capt.  Hance, 
On  his  dead-level  trail, 

Is  sure  to  fill  one's  soul  with  joy, 
Whatever  else  may  fail. 


May  10,  1898. 

E.  S.  HEERS, 

White  Hall,  Mich. 

Self  and  daughter  descended  to  the 
river  this  day  on  foot,  except  that  my 
daughter  rode  up.  Captain  Hance  was 
very  kind  and  attentive. 


May  10,  1898. 

L.  A.  HEINER, 

Redwood  City,  Cal. 

The  Grand  Canon,  Nature's  crowning 
work. 


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PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS    OF   THE 


May  19,  1898. 
W.  R.  WEAVER, 


Bradford,  Pa. 


May  19,  1898. 

Mrs.  L.  E.  HAHSHEAR, 
Mr.   L.  E.  HAMSHEAR, 

Bradford,  Pa. 


May  19,  1898. 

C.  P.  COLLINS, 
BURT  COLLINS, 


Bradford,  Pa. 


May  19,  1898. 

WALDA  HARDISON, 

Bradford,  Pa. 


May  19,  1898. 
J.   R.   LEONARD, 


Beaver,  Pa. 


May  19,  1898. 

GEO.  W.  CRAWFORD, 

Emiinton,  Pa. 


May  19,  1898. 

HARRY   HEASLEY, 

Emiinton,  Pa. 


May  jo,  1898. 

firs.  GEO.  P.  BOWLER. 


May  jo,  1898. 
Miss  A.  HUNT. 


May  jo,  1898. 

DAVID  WILLCOSC. 


May  jo,  1898. 

VICTOR  HORAHETZ. 


June  2,  1898. 
JAS.  M.  HIXON, 


Lacrosse,  Wis. 


June  4,  1898. 

MAURICE  LONGENECKER, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


June  4,  1898. 

E.  R.  WEBSTER, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


Junes,  1898. 

E.  BURTON  HOLMES, 

Chicago,  111. 


WATERFALL,    GRAND    CANON. 


GRAND    CANON   OF  THE   COLORADO    RIVKR. 


117 


June  5,  1898. 

OSCAR  B.  DEPUE, 


Chicago,  111. 


June  7,   1898. 

J1ARY  V.   WORSTELL, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Drummond,  to  the  contrary,  the  great- 
est thing  in  the  world  is  the  Grand  Canon 
of  the  Colorado. 

June  12,  1898. 

JAMES  N.  SUYDAfl, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

June  22,  1898. 

Mrs.  JAMES  QAYLER, 

Ridgewood,  N.  J. 

June  24.,  1898. 

C.  P.  WILSON, 
Pastor  M.  E.  Church,  Flagstaff. 

June  24,  1898. 

Mrs.  W.  S.  ROBINSON, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

June  24.,   1898. 

ANNETTE  P.  WARD, 

Columbus,  Ohio. 

July  5,  18  98. 

C.  D.  STEWART. 

Four  of  us  left  hotel  at  5:30  a.m.,  and 


went  to  the  river  and  back  on  foot.  We 
were  five  hours  descending.  Coming 
back,  two  of  us  got  up  before  dark;  one 
was  brought  up  on  a  horse  at  9:30,  and 
one  stayed  all  night  in  the  cafion.  The 
moral  of  this  is  that  one  must  be  a  moun- 
taineer in  experience  and  in  perfect  form 
for  tramping,  if  he  will  walk  down  to  the 
river  and  back  the  same  day.  The  heat 
is  intense  and  overpowering  on  the  lower 
levels,  because  the  rocks  are  bare  of 
foliage,  and  when  they  become  heated 
by  the  sun  the  trail  is  like  a  baker's  oven. 
By  all  means  go  to  the  river.  The  ex- 
perience alone  is  worth  the  trip;  but  take 
a  horse,  or  mule  even,  if  you  do  not  take 
a  guide.  The  trail  is  as  good  a  mountain 
trail  as  is  often  found,  and  the  Captain's 
stock  are  well-selected  animals,  and  are 
good  ones,  as  one  of  the  four  mentioned 
above. 


Julys,  i$98- 

SHURLEY  C.  WALKER, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

I  enjoyed  the  experience  immensely, 
more  on  account  of  its  success  as  a 
pedestrian  trip  than  because  I  reached 
the  river.  Result,  fifteen  hours'  work, 
one  gallon  water,  gain  in  muscle,  loss  in 
flesh,  plenty  of  experience.  Hoping  to 
be  indorsed  by  all  the  other  three  com- 
panions, I  remain,  Yours. 


July  6,  189S. 

EDWARD  N.  BUTT. 

I  have  had  much  experience  in  moun- 
tain-climbing, and  German  professors  also 
do  much  good  work  in  that  way,  but  I 
shall  never  forget  the  forlorn  appearance 


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of  Herr  Dr. ,  Professor  of  Geography, 

who,  when  our  party  were  descending  to 
the  river  to-day,  we  discovered  lying  on 
the  ground,  in  the  shade  of  a  tree,  at  9 
a.m.,  about  an  hour  down  from  the  rim. 
He  had  then  been  two  hours  in  the  great 
gulf  of  the  Grand  Canon;  was  utterly  ex- 
hausted, and  had  been  without  food  or 
water  for  many  long,  weary  hours.  Moral. 
Do  not  attempt  to  descend  or  ascend  the 
Grand  Canon  on  foot,  but  take  one  of 
Captain  Hance's  mules. 


July  5,  1898. 

ROBERT  L.  STEPHENSON, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Our  pleasures  here  have  been  enhanced 
by  chivalrous,  daring,  entertaining,  and 
ever-obliging  Captain  Hance.  Hence, 
it  gives  us  pleasure  second  only  to  that  of 
viewing  the  canon,  to  attest  to  his  faithful, 
careful,  and  vigilant  guidance  at  all  times 
and  to  all  places. 


MARY  ASCHERER, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


ELIZABETH  F.  BARTLETT, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


J.  SELBY  HANNA, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


GEO.  M.  SMITH, 

Anheuser  Wells,  Ariz. 


EDWARD  BUTT, 

London,  England. 

SARAH  C.  SCOFIELD, 

San  Antonia,  Texas. 

EMEUAL  D.  CALLAGHAN, 
W.  F.  CALLAGHAN, 

England. 

July  75,  1898. 
C.  P.  HICKS. 


July  15,  1898. 

J.  L.  SIMMONS, 

Prescott,  A.  T. 


July  jo,  1808. 

EVA  ESTELLA  MARTIN. 

Our  party  took  in  what  is  called  the 
"rim  view"  yesterday.  No  words  can 
in  any  way  describe  it.  There  are  hun- 
dreds and  hundreds  of  canons  and  great 
ducal  palaces  put  into  one  great,  vast 
canon.  After  all  is  said  the  trip  is  made 
very  much  pleasanter  by  the  companion- 
ship of  Captain  Hance.  Some  one  really 
ought  to  write  a  book  all  about  the 
Captain. 


July  jo,  1808. 

EMMA    and    GEO.    F.    HARRING- 
TON, 

Crown  King,  Ariz. 

Had  the  author  of  the  creation  viewed 


GRAND   CANON   OF   THE    COLORADO    RIVER. 


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this  majestic  scene  what  wonderful  sym- 
phonies would  have  been  composed  by 
this  Master  of  Choral  Composition.  The 
marvelous  work,  behold,  amazed,  comes 
to  one's  mind  constantly  while  viewing 
the  Grand  Canon.  I  shall  not  attempt  to 
describe  the  sight,  but  shall  urge  my 
friends  to  go  and  see  for  themselves,  and 
the  guidance  and  companionship  of  Cap- 
tain Hance  is  invaluable.  No  visitor  of 
the  Grand  Canon  can  afford  to  make  the 
mistake  of  failing  to  appreciate  his  rugged 
humor  and  great  kindness  of  heart. 


July  jo,  i898. 

BELL  MARTIN, 

Webster, 
Westmoreland  Co.,  Pa. 

We  stood  and  gazed  on  the  Grand 
Canon  with  feelings  of  reverence  and 
awe,  and  involuntarily  exclaimed,  "How 
marvelous  are  Thy  works,  Oh  Lord  ! 
In  wisdom  hast  Thou  made  them  all." 
Our  trip  around  the  rim,  under  the  careful 
guidance  of  Captain  John  Hance,  was  most 
delightful,  but  words  fail  when  one  attempts 
to  describe  it. 


July  jo,  1898. 

FLORA  DUNCAN, 

Mt.  Pleasant,  Penn. 

Alex  and  Kitty  are  the  ones.  Get  Alex 
for  the  trip  around  the  rim,  Kitty  for  the 
trip  down  in  the  canon.  The  Captain  is 
an  excellent  guide.  The  going  down  in 
the  canon  is  easy.  I  don't  think  the  same 
about  coming  out. 


July  JO,  1898. 

EDNA  FAY  MARTIN, 

Prescott,  A.  T. 

The    Captain  calls   me  the    "Prescott 
Kid." 


July  jo,  1898. 

GEO.  M.  SMITH, 

Kas.  City,  Mo. 

After  seventy  days'  search,  I  fail  to  find 
words  with  which  to  express  my  thoughts 
of  the  Grand  Canon, —  of  its  immensity, 
its  grandeur,  and  beauty.  I  cannot  believe 
that  man  can  describe  it.  Many  thanks  to 
the  famous  Captain  John  Grand  Canon 
Hance,  for  his  many  kindnesses  during 
my  stay. 


July  jo,  1898. 

E.  T.  HUTCH1NS, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Our  Captain  deserves  great  credit  in 
being  able  to  build  such  a  wonderful  trail. 


August  10,  1S9S. 

M.  P.  FREEHAN, 

Tucson,  Ariz. 

Captain  John  Hance,  old  man,  you  are 
a  "brick"  in  every  sense  of  the  word. 
Your  company  has  added  much  to  the 
pleasure  of  my  stay.  I  shall  not  forget 
you. 


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n.  C.  HAST  AND  WIFE. 

We  made  the  trip  down  the  canon  in 
fine  shape,  due  to  our  good  guide  and 
companion,  Captain  John  Hance.  Long 
may  he  live. 


Augtist  12,  1898. 

E.  BURTON  HOLHES, 

Chicago,  111. 


August  12,  1898. 

ARTHUR  STUDD, 

London,  England, 
Chicago,  111. 


August  12,  i8p8. 

R.  N.  RIPLEY, 

Chicago,  111. 


August  12,   1898. 

ORCAR  B.  DEPUE, 

Chicago,  111. 


Aug2iSt   12,    I89S. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  HENDERSON, 
Miss  J.  F.  HENDERSON, 
CHAS.  A.  HENDERSON, 
H.  H.  HENDERSON, 
F.  B.  HENDERSON, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


August  12,  189S. 
EflMA  KERR, 


Watsonville,  Cal. 


August  16,   1898. 

RICHARD  E.  SLOAN, 
Mrs.  R.  SLOAN, 
Mrs.  R.  S.  STOCKTON, 
RICHARD  S.  STOCKTON, 
ELEANOR  SLOAN, 
RICHARD  SLOAN,  Jr., 

All  of  Prescott,  Ariz. 


August  16,  1898. 

Miss  BELLA  CASSIN, 

Watsonville,  Cal. 


August  16,  1898. 

C.  H.  CALKVEN, 

Amsterdam,  Holland. 


August  2 j,  1898. 

FRANCES  O.  FISHER, 

Prescott,  Ariz. 


August  2 j,  1898. 

Miss  BLANCH  FERRINGTON, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 


c;kand  canon  of  the  Colorado  river. 


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August  23,  1898. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  FRANCIS, 
LeNORE  FRANCIS, 
FRANK  BEAL, 
ALLEN  DAVISON, 

All  of  Flagstaff,  A.  T. 

THEO.  L.  SCHULTZ, 
firs.  THEO.  L.  SCHULTZ, 

Tempe,  A.  T. 

August  23,  1898. 

Miss  FANNIE  HICKETHIER, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

August  24,  1898. 

Mrs.  JOHN  Y.  T.  SMITH, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 

Augtist  24,  1898. 

Mrs.  T.  L.  SHULTZ, 

Tempe,  Ariz. 

August  23,  _r8p8. 

Miss  AONES  B.  TODD, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

August  26,  1898. 

CHESTER  P.  DORLAND, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Captain  John  Hance, — a  genius,  a  phi- 
losopher, and  a  poet,  the  possessor  of  a 


fund  of  information  vastly  important,— if 
true.  He  laughs  with  the  giddy,  yarns  to 
the  gullible,  talks  sense  to  the  sedate,  and 
is  a  most  excellent  judge  of  scenery,  human 
nature,  and  pie.  To  see  the  canon  only, 
and  not  to  see  Captain  John  Hance,  is  to 
miss  half  the  show. 


August  27,  i8p8. 

P.  MINOR  AND  WIFE, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 

August  2/,  i8q8. 

E.  T.  STIMSON  AND  WIFE, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

September  J ',  1898. 

KATE  L.  BASSETT, 

Phoenix,  A.  T. 


September  5,  1898. 

Mrs.  R.  B.  BURNS, 

Williams,  A.  T. 


September  5,  1898. 

SAn  R.  BETTS, 

New  York  City. 


September  5,  1S98. 

Q.  W.  PHELCO, 

Tucson,  A.  T. 


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September  5,  1S98. 
FRED  WETZLER. 

September  5,  1898. 

JENNIE  EDETH  GRAY, 

Lyndon,  Vermont. 

Five  days  long  to  be  remembered. 


September  7,  i8g8. 

J.  K.   HARE, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Captain  Hance's  birthday,  forty-eight 
years  old.  May  his  years  to  come  be  as 
many  as  the  tales  he  tells;  but  this,  we 
are  afraid,  would  prolong  his  life  far  into 
the  millennium. 


September  7 ,  1898. 

J.  F.  FLAGG, 
Miss  FLAGG. 

September,  7,   i8g8. 

R.  B.  WILLIAMSON, 

Los  Angeles,  Cat. 

September  12,   1898. 

ARTHUR  R.  REYNOLDS, 

Chicago,  III. 

I  believe  all  the  Captain's  stories  to  be 
true,  and  if  any  one  in  the  future  should 
doubt,  send  him  to  me  that  I  may  do  bat- 
tle with  him.  To  Captain  John  Hance, 
Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado. 


September  13,  1898. 

JAMES  SMITH, 

Flagstaff,  Arizona. 

It  is  unfortunate  that  the  words  grand, 
sublime,  and  awful  have  been  so  over- 
worked. These  words,  which  otherwise 
might  have  been  useful  in  expressing 
one's  thoughts  of  the  Grand  CaSon,  John 
Hance,  etc.,  have  so  lost  their  meaning 
that  English  fails  to  express  my  thoughts. 
All  that  I  can  do  is  to  say  that  this,  the 
Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River,  is 
the  grandest  sight  on  earth. 


September  15,   1S98. 

C.  F.  GUNTHER, 

Chicago,  III. 


September  19,  1898. 
EDMUND  J.  BART. 

It 's  a  ditch  of  all  the  ditches.  That 's  all. 


September  19,  1898. 

EDMOND  CARLETON, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

With  sincere  admiration  for  Captain 
John  Hance,  the  faithful  custodian  of  the 
greatest  natural  curiosity  and  most  sublime 
formation  in  the  world. 


September  19,  1898. 

nrs.  NORiTAN  W.  CUTTER, 

San  Jose,  Cal. 


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September  20,  1898. 

WM.  BRIDHAM. 

See  the  Grand  Canon,  and  know  Cap- 
tain Hance,  you  will  never  forget  them, 
sure  thing. 


September  21,  1898. 

Mr.  and  Mr.  C.  n.   BERQSTRES- 
SER, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

This  is  Mr.  John  Hance's  book,  and  no 
record  of  a  trip  through  the  canon  without 
reference  to  Mr.  Hance,  his  company  as  a 
guide,  is  good,  to  say  the  least.  His 
knowledge  of  the  canon  is  extensive,  and 
his  trail  has  passed  into  history  as  one  of 
the  most  famous  in  the  canon.  His  genial 
nature,  and  his  anecdotes  and  Indian  tales, 
add  much  to  the  pleasure  of  doing  the 
canon. 


September  21 ,  1898. 

CHAS.  H.  TOWNSEND. 

U.  S.  Fish  Commissioner. 

To  Captain  John  Hance,  of  the  Grand 
Canon:  Good-by;  and  may  it  be  many  a 
year  before  you  take  the  trail  to  the  camp 
from  which  no  one  comes  back. 


September  23,  1898. 

JNO.  J.  VALENTINE. 

My  Dear  Captain  Hance:  Hoping  that 
the  dear  Lord  may  be  good  to  you,  and 
not  call  for  you  too  soon. 


September  23,  1898. 

Miss  M.  J.  VALENTINE. 

Many  good  wishes  for  a  long  and  pros- 
perous life  is  my  wish  for  you,  Captain. 


September  23,  1898. 

MARY  E.  PRIDHAH. 

Captain  Hance,  I  hope  to  hear  of  your 
finding  that  fish-hook. 


September  23,  1898. 

ETHEL  VALENTINE. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Many  appreciations  to  Captain  John 
Hance  for  adding  greatly  to  the  pleasure 
of  my  trip  to  the  Grand  Cation.  A  comedy 
without  the  comedian  is  not  fully  enjoyed; 
the  canon,  without  Captain  Hance,  is  not 
complete. 


Septe?nber  23,  1898. 

WM.  H.  ZINN. 

The  thing  I  most  admire  about  Captain 
John  Hance  is  his  conscientious  truthful- 
ness. I  have  perfect  faith  in  all  of  the 
Tories  he  has  told  me. 


September  26,  1898. 

EDWIN  A.  BECK. 

Shall  hope  some  day  to  return  and  ride 
Cape  Horn  with  you,  and  take  one  more 
ride  to  the  river. 


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September  26,  i8g8. 
EARL  C.  ANTHONY. 

Hope  to  return  again  and  take  some 
more  photographs,  with  Captain  Hance's 
able  assistance. 


September  26,  1898. 

CHAS.  E.  ANTHONY. 

My  trip  with  you  has  been  glorious,  and 
my  only  regret  is  that  I  did  not  take  the 
trip  to  the  river  with  you.  Hope  to  come 
again  some  time,  Captain,  simply  for  that 
ride. 

October  1,  i8g8. 

R.  and  E.  E.  F.  SKEEL. 

Farewell  to  the  gorge, 
And  to  Captain  John  Hance, 
Whose  mendacious  inventions  outdo  all 

romance. 
With  his  fibs  he  can  charm,  with  his  yarns 

he  enchants; 
And  as  if  these  great  gifts  to  still  further 

enhance, 
With  a  bolster  he  is  going  to  learn  how  to 

dance. 
Oh  may  we  return,  by  some  rare,  happy 

chance, 
To  this  spot,  and  he  welcomed  by  Captain 

John  Hance. 


October  6,  i8p8. 

LOTTIE  SHERWOOD, 
riAUD  SHERWOOD, 

Winslow,  A.  T. 


FRANK  C.   REID. 

The  Grand  Canon  is  an  expression  of 
God's  mightiest  thought,  and  is  not  trans- 
ferable into  terms  of  human  speech,  —  one 
of  the  things  "  not  possible  to  be  uttered." 


ANNETTE  P.  WARD. 

Since  seeing  that  great  wonder,  the 
Grand  Canon,  I  never  hear  a  bit  of  beau- 
tiful, soul-stirring  music  but  that  the  canon 
rises  before  my  inner  vision.  Listening  to 
the  exquisite  strains  of  harmony,  1  gaze 
into  that  indescribable  beauty  of  coloring 
which  enwraps  those  awful,  weird,  mys- 
terious depths,  and  like  a  soft  accom- 
paniment to  the  music,  I  hear  the  sighing 
of  the  pines;  and  the  harmony  of  the 
music  and  the  harmony  of  the  enchanting 
beauties  of  the  scene  are  blended  into  one 
perfect  whole,— a  veritable  feast  for  the 
memory. 


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THE  GRAND  CANON  OF  THE  COLORADO. 

What  wrought  this  wonder? 
Unique,  stupendous,  weird  and  grand! 
How  came  it  here  —  at  whose  command? 
Not  Jove  with  all  his  bolts  of  thunder 
Could  blast  and  tear  these  rocks  asunder, 
And  leave  them  where  they  stand. 

What  monster  dart, 

Or  blade,  did  angry  demons  wield 

To  smite  earth's  breast,  is  not  revealed;  — 

Nor  why  they  tore  the  wound  apart; — 

As  if  to  find  her  bleeding  heart  — 

So  that  it  never  healed. 

The  thought  dismiss. 
The  fiercest  blast  —  the  rudest  shock 
From  Pluto's  fiery  realm,  but  mock 
The  mighty  power  which  fashioned  this 
Yawning  gulf, —  this  vast  abyss: — 
These  battlements  of  rock! 

Perchance  we  may 
Let  sage  and  hoary  Neptune  tell 
How,  by  their  own  erodic  spell, 
The  ocean  currents  wore  away 
These  rocks,  in  some  far  distant  day, 
And  carved  these  forms  so  well. 

We  stand  aghast 

Upon  this  brink!    nor  hear  the  flow, 
By  which  this  desert  stream,  we  know, 
Still  fights  its  way  —  as  in  the  past  — 
Six  thousand  feet  below. 

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Here  silence  reigns, 

And  here,  where  science  too  is  mute, 

We  leave  to  fools  the  vain  dispute. 

We  call!  —  no  voice  an  answer  deigns: — 

These  awful  depths  but  mock  our  pains:- 

Profundus  absolute  ! 


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THE  STALACTITE  CAVES  OF  THE   GRAND    CANON. 

J.  CURTIS    WASSON. 

Perhaps  the  destined  single  attraction  of  the  Grand  Canon  is  the 
new  Stalactite  Caves,  lately  discovered  about  3,000  feet  below  the 
rim.  The  formations  within  the  caves  are  something  wonderful. 
Passing  in  through  an  aperture  some  eight  feet  in  diameter,  a  large 
avenue  of  limestone  leads  you  on  until  you  are  suddenly  surprised 
to  find  yourself  standing  in  a  large  rotunda  with  a  great  high 
ceiling,  suspended  from  which  are  long  stalactite  formations,  some 
so  long  in  fact  that  they  almost  reach  the  stalagmite  formations 
protruding  from  the  floor  beneath. 

Winding  in  and  out,  up  and  down,  through  long  cavernous 
recesses,  now  through  a  tunnel  leading  to  greater  and  longer 
tunnels,  which  in  turn  act  as  a  vestry,  making  an  entrance  to  other 
large  domes,  which,  having  avenues  after  avenues  leading  out  to 
other  domes,  halls,  recesses,  avenues,  etc.,  until  the  feet  becoming 
weary  we,  candles  in  hand,  sit  down  upon  some  snowy  formation 
beneath,  and  while  the  candles  flicker,  as  if  offering  a  faint  murmur 
against  the  impenetrable  darkness,  which  feign  would  obscure  our 
vision  with  its  itensity,  the  awful  stillness  seems  to  bear  down  upon 
all  mental  activity  and  bid  it  relegate  all  thought  to  the  rear. 

But  as  if  in  defiance  of  that  awful  foreboding  which  seems  to 
come  when  the  fall  of  a  footstep,  the  breaking  away  of  a  formation, 
or  the  sound  of  a  voice  finds  the  sequel  in  the  echo  and  re-echoing 
of  each  cavern,  dome,  avenue,  and  pit  in  that  great  subterranean 
cavern  where  King  Phantom  may  reign  supreme  with  a  retinue  of 
fairies,  imps,  and  hobgoblins  to  go  at  his  bidding, —  in  defiance  of 
this  our  mind  unconsciously  lingers  on  the  uniqueness  of  the 
situation. 

Our  lights  having  been  extinguished,  we  await  the  awful  still- 
ness which  a  place  thus  isolated  alone  can  give, —  so  intense  in  fact 

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that  the  darkness  of  a   Plutonian    Shore   becomes  a  veritable  light- 
house. 

Our  heart-beats  becoming  audible,  and  the  darkness  becoming 
depressing  with  its  intensity,  it  is  with  great  relief  that  we  again 
relight  our  candles,  doubling  the  number. 

Looking  directly  in  front  some  twenty  feet,  we  see  towering 
upward  a  great  massive  artificial  edifice  made  by  the  constant 
dripping  of  ages.  Bearing  as  it  did  such  a  strong  resemblance  to 
another  great  historic  edifice  we  (as  our  eyes  were  first  to  see  this 
the  Second  Cave  discovered)  called  it  the  "  Hanging  Garden  of 
Babylon." 

The  fantastic  forms,  the  enormous  dimensions,  the  variegated 
coloring,  from  a  pure  white  to  a  rich  creamy  hue,  the  graduated 
blending  of  one  form,  texture,  color  into  another  quite  different, 
but  none  the  less  beautiful,  the  soft,  velvety-cushioned  floor,  the 
disintegrated  dust  of  the  ages,  the  musical  tones  varying  in  pitch 
given  off  by  the  stalactite  formations  as  they  varied  in  length, —  all 
these  tend  to  make  this  —  Babylon's  Cave  —  atypical  cave,  more 
beautiful  than  the  Mammoth,  but  whose  extent  is  as  yet  unknown. 


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THE    BIGGEST    HOLE    IN    THE    GROUND    IN    EXISTENCE- — NATURE    PLOWED 

A    GIANT    FURROW. 

Fitz-Mac  Has  Been  Viewing  the  Wonders  of  the  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Colorado,  and  Tells  What  lie  Saw  and  What  Was  Too  Big  for 
Him  to  Fully  See. 

[From  the  Rocky  Mountain  News,  Denver,  Colo.] 

Shrive  yourself,  O  gabbling  and  exclamatory  seeker  of  wonders! 
Shrive  yourselves,  O  wearied  and  wearisome  trotters  of  the  round 
and  whirling  globe!  If  hither  you  are  coming  to  bathe  your  fretted 
spirits  in  the  red  and  yellow  silences  of  this  abysmal  scene,  shrive 
yourselves  ere  you  approach,  of  all  your  little  vain  conceits,  of  all 
your  petty,  gabbling  rhetorical  formulas  of  exclamatory  ecstasy. 
They  have  served  you  well  enough,  no  doubt,  to  voice  the  whole 
gamut  of  your  delight,  surprise,  and  amazement  in  the  presence  of 
such  noble  and  pleasing  wonders  as  Niagara,  Yosemite,  Yellow- 
stone, or  even  the  Alps,  but  such  safe  and  well-authorized  exclama- 
tions as  "Magnificent!"  "Grand!"  "Sublime!"  have  only  a 
remote  and  altogether  inadequate  relation  to  the  emotions  that  will 
be  stirred  within  you  by  the  appalling  grandeurs  of  this  stupendous 
chasm.  They  do  very  well  for  Niagara,  or  Yosemite,  or  the  Alps, 
where  the  emotions  you  experience  though  unusual  are  not  unique. 
But  here  they  do  not  fit.  They  do  not  half  go  round  the  girth  of 
your  amazement.  They  are  altogether  inadequate,  and  to  utter 
them  would  be  like  offering  the  jacket  of  a  schoolboy  to  clothe  the 
shoulders  of  a  giant.  And  if  you  do  utter  them,  they  will  sound, 
even  to  your  own  ears,  petty  and  almost  meaningless  —  unless, 
indeed,  you  be  one  of  those  inexorable  egotists  whose  sturdy  self- 
complacency  no  emotion  can  subordinate,  in  which  case,  of  course, 
anything  you  could  say  would  seem  to  yourself  to  dignify  the  occa- 
sion and  the  scene. 

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But  if  you  be  only  the  amiable,  chattering,  inquisitive,  common- 
place globe-trotter  and  searcher-out  of  wonders,  shrive  yourself,  1 
say,  of  all  your  little,  shallow  affectations  of  delight;  of  all  those 
petty  formulas  of  rhetorical  ecstasy  which  elsewhere  very  well 
conceal  the  hungry  poverty  of  your  feelings,  for  they  would  not 
serve  you  in  this  tragic  and  stupendous  presence,  but  only  shame 
you  by  their  inadequacy. 

Pause  as  you  approach,  and  remove  the  sandals  from  your  feet, 
as  one  who  hath  sinned  goeth  up  unto  the  holy  places  of  the  Lord 
seeking  absolution.  For  thou  hast  sinned,  O  gushing  and  exclam- 
atory globe-trotter!  thou  hast  sinned  against  the  majesty  and  the 
power  of  Nature  by  rashly  exclaiming  in  the  presence  of  great 
Niagara,  "  Ne  plus  ultra!  this  is  greatest!" — or  in  the  sublime 
shades  of  deep  Yosemite  by  crying  out,  "  There  is  nothing  else 
so  grand  !  " — or  perchance,  gazing  entranced  upon  the  sky-piercing 
majesty  of  the  Alps  thou  hast  said  conclusively:  "  This  is  greater 
than  all  besides  !   here  Nature  hath  done  her  uttermost  !  " 

But  your  rash  conclusiveness  has  betrayed  you,  O  shallow 
chatterer,  into  denying  the  power  of  Nature  to  surprise,  to  astonish, 
to  amaze,  to  thrill,  to  overawe,  to  subdue  and  reduce,  to  silence 
your  puerile,  self-deceiving,  exclamatory  egotism  by  the  tragic 
anguish  of  devastation  immeasurable  and  the  bewildering  mystery 
of  splendors  unique,  resistless,  and  overwhelming  here  presented. 
Here  you  might  lose  a  hundred  Yosemites  and  never  be  able  to  find 
them  again.  Here  a  dozen  Niagaras  would  form  but  details  in  the 
stupendous  scene.  You  might  scatter  the  whole  mass  of  the  Alps 
through  the  700  miles  of  this   abysmal  chasm    without    filling  it  up. 

It  behooves  you  to  come  humbly  and  with  bared  feet  into  the 
presence  of  a  wonder  that  dwarfs  all  other  wonders  of  the  world  — 
for  it  is  here  and  not  elsewhere  that  Nature  hath  done  her  uttermost; 
here  a  world's  sublimest  tragedy  was  enacted  —  is  still  enacting 
with  all  scenes  set;  the  tableau  vivant  of  an  immortal  anguish,  a 
glorified  despair;  pride  and  strength  laid  low  and  beauty  bleeding; 
the   triumph    of    chaos  and    devastation;    a    petrified    woe,  yet   not 


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ghastly  and  forbidding,  strange  to  say,  but  fascinating,  for  this 
imperial  tragedy  of  Nature  is  not  set  amidst  ignoble  and  plebeian 
scenes,  but  is  draped  and  curtained  with  every  charm  of  color,  with 
all  the  massive  and  imposing  dignity  of  Pompeiian  reds  and 
yellows,  with  all  the  imperial  magnificence  of  the  Tyrian  purple; 
with  all  the  gorgeous  splendors  of  orange  hues  and  violet  that  go 
with  a  tropical  sunset;  with  all  the  pensive  beguilement  of  tender 
amber-greenish  lights  that  belong  to  the  creeping  break  of  dawn  — 
and  all  these,  the  massive,  the  gorgeous,  the  magnificent,  the  sen- 
suous, the  brilliant,  the  mellow,  the  tender,  swept  and  swirled  by 
great  Nature's  unerring  brush  into  a  ravishing,  harmonious,  chro- 
matic maze  that  bursts  upon  the  view  with  an  effect  as  if  the  skies 
had  opened  and  all  the  choirs  of  heaven  had  broken  into  a  grand 
and  joyful  overture,  an  allegro  through  which  runs  a  penetrating 
minor  chord  of  tragic  sadness. 

And  it  is  so,  somewhat,  if  you  have  the  impressional  delicacy 
to  feel  it.  Otherwise  of  course  it  is  not  so  at  all  to  you.  For  it  is 
true  —  or  else  the  sympathy  of  one  sense  with  another  beguiles  the 
reason — that  the  colors  in  this  ravishing  chromatic  maze  are 
endued  with  the  magic  of  melody  and  odor. 

But  this  is  something  incommunicable.  It  is  probably  not  a 
thing  to  be  insisted  upon  as  a  fact.  Either  you  feel  it  or  it  is  not 
so  —  for  you. 

I  met  a  beautiful  girl  from  Chicago  out  on  "  the  rim  " — locally 
here  they  call  the  verge  of  the  chasm  the  rim  —  the  other  morning 
before  sunrise,  who  was  profoundly  affected  by  it.  She  was  a  lovely 
and  sensitive  creature,  just  graduated  from  a  fashionable  boarding- 
school,  and  she  was  eating  caramels  and  sobbing   like  a  lost   child. 

Anybody  not  quite  as  stolid  and  unimpressionable  as  the  ox  is 
pretty  sure  to  have  a  sobbing  spell  here,  especially  if  one  gets  off 
alone  and  yields  himself  up  to  the  stupendous  impressions  of  the 
scene,  the  sensation  is  so  unique,  so  penetrating,  so  irresistible.  It 
is  really  something  of  a  pain  —  a  sweet  discomfort,  a  miserable 
bliss — like   being   in   love,  sadly  and  tearfully   in   love,  with  a  girl 


140  PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS   OF  THE 

who  is  going  to  marry  another  fellow  —  like  but  not  the  same. 
The  inexorable  most  always  affects  us  somewhat  like  that,  and  the 
unique  beauty  of  this  scene  is  of  the  inexorable  sort.  You  may 
enjoy  it,  but  you  cannot  possess  it.  You  can  add  nothing  to  it  by 
praise,  take  nothing  from  it  by  detraction.  It  is  not  the  matchless 
immensity  of  it,  I  think,  that  overcomes  you,  but  that  your  senses 
cannot  quite  encompass  and  analyze  its  unique  and  elusive  quality. 
At  first  it  is  more  or  less  appalling,  I  think,  to  everybody  —  but 
only  just  at  first,  as  an  elephant  would  be  to  a  little  child.  Pres- 
ently, like  the  child  with  the  elephant,  finding  it  docs  not  crush 
you,  you  desire  to  become  familiar  with  it,  to  patronize  it,  to  make 
it  feel  that  your  intentions  are  entirely  friendly.  And  then  the 
elephantine  impassiveness  of  the  thing  begins  to  irritate  you,  and 
yet  to  fascinate.  Next  you  know  you  are  in  love  with  it.  You 
want  to  remain  forever;  you  want  to  leave  at  once;  you  don't 
know  what  you  want. 

It  is  thus  love  always  begins,  thus  always  proceeds  —  at  least  as 
far  as  I  know  anything  about  it.  If  you  could  only  quarrel  with 
this  stupendous  thing,  and  fling  back  at  its  feet  all  the  beautiful 
things  it  has  given  you,  then  burst  into  tears  and  kiss  and  make  up, 
it  would  be  perfect.  But  you  can't  do  it,  you  know.  This  great 
thing  that  frightens  you  by  its  appalling  immensity,  that  enthralls 
you  by  the  magic  of  its  matchless  beauty,  that  bewilders  and  mysti- 
fies your  senses  by  the  vague,  odoriferous  minor  tones  of  its  melo- 
dious purples,  and  by  the  vast,  echoless  silences  of  its  Pompeiian 
reds  and  yellows,  is  inexorable  to  your  puny  emotions.  That  is 
what  irritates  you,  what  makes  you  sob  unconsciously  as  you  gaze 
off  into  the  illimitable  chromatic  maze. 

Hither,  to  this  point,  long  ago  came  Thomas  Moran,  the 
painter,  and  painted  for  the  people  of  the  United  States  that  great 
scene  which  hangs  in  the  capitol,  and  which,  no  doubt,  has  damaged 
his  reputation  with  many  people  who  regard  it  as  a  hysterical  exag- 
geration, a  sort  of  beautiful  chromatic  nightmare. 

But  Moran's  reputation  will  be  utterly  ruined   with  such    people 


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when  they  see  the  grand  chasm  for  themselves,  and  learn  what 
broad  concessions  he  made  to  the  public  incredulity  regarding  the 
scene. 

But  for  a  truth  the  finest  effects  here  are  incommunicable  by 
brush  or  pen.  They  give  themselves  up  only  to  the  personal  pres- 
ence, and  no  painter  nor  writer  can  do  more  than  suggest  what 
they  are  by  presenting  something  which  they  are  a  little  like.  You 
cannot  paint  a  silence,  nor  a  sound,  nor  an  odor,  nor  an  emotion, 
nor  a  sob.  If  you  are  skillful,  you  may  suggest  them  to  the  imag- 
ination by  some  symbol  understood,  and  Moran's  fine  picture  does 
this  admirably.  It  gives  one  sublime  glimpse  of  those  abysmal 
depths,  one  irresistible  suggestion  of  those  vast  and  sublime  sil- 
ences, one  momentary  flash  of  that  marvelous  scheme  of  color 
suggesting  melody  and  fragrance  —  but  only  suggesting.  Yet  that 
is  all  which  human  skill  can  do  with  brush  or  pen.  There  are  not 
colors  for  the  brush,  there  are  not  symbols  for  the  pen  to  convey 
the  full  impression  of  the  immensity  of  the  scene,  its  innumerable 
and  measureless  grandeurs.  The  scene  in  its  stupendous  ensemble 
is  too  vast  for  art.  It  is  indeed  almost  too  much  for  human  nature. 
You  cannot  behold  it  for  the  first  time  without  a  gasp,  however 
blase  your  spirits  may  have  become  by  globe-trotting,  because  the 
spectacle  is  unique,  and  the  impression  is  therefore  unique  too. 

There  is  a  sublime  pathos  in  it  all  which  no  art  I  think  can 
touch  —  or  scarcely  touch,  for  on  reflection,  I  am  not  sure  but 
Moran's  noble  picture  does  vaguely  suggest  it.  It  is  this  that 
presses  the  unconscious  sob  from  your  breast,  that  draws  the  pen- 
sive tears  to  your  eyes,  you  know  not  why,  as  you  gaze  —  that  is,  if 
you  happen  to  be  gazing  alone.  It  is  as  if  you  dreamed  that  God 
had  died,  and  this  deep  chasm  were  the  gorgeous  and  sublime  sep- 
ulchre in  which  He  was  to  be  laid  — but  of  course  if  you  are  a 
natural  insensate  or  a  busy,  gabbling,  inquisitive,  wearisome  won- 
der-seeker, shallow  of  heart  and  shallow  of  head,  you  will  be 
troubled  by  none  of  that  vague,  unique  anguish  about  the  death  of 
God,  or  that  equally  vague  and   equally  unique  joy   about  the   dis- 


144  PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS   OF  THE 

covery  of  melody  and  fragrance  in  those  massive  and  gorgeous 
colors  that  give  enchantment  to  the  scene.  You  are  altogether  too 
practical  and  conclusive  a  being  to  think  of  getting  any  spiritual 
growth  from  the  innumerable  and  incommunicable  sublimities  of 
this  place.  All  that  you  want  is  facts  —  facts  and  statistics  of 
measurement  to  write  down  in  that  detestable  note-book  you  are 
carrying  around  in  your  hand.  You  have  no  time  for  vague  and 
nebulous  impressions  about  fragrant  and  melodious  colors  swathing 
the  sepulchre  of  God.  You  are  not  rendered  blissfully  miserable 
by  the  strange  emotions  which  the  splendors  and  the  immensity  of 
the  spectacle  arouse  within  you.  You  don't  want  any  vague, 
nebulous,  incommunicable,  soul-broadening  sentimentality  in  yours 
—  not  if  you  know  yourself.  What  you  want  is  something  to 
gabble  about  after  you  leave  —  measurements,  facts,  and  figures. 

Do  I  know  how  many  thousand  feet  it  is  down  to  the  bottom  of 
the  chasm  where  we  catch,  here  and  there,  a  glimpse  of  a  little 
ribbon  of  water  ?  Do  I  think  it  is  really  nearly  7,000  feet  in  the 
perpendicular  and  about  three  miles  in  the  slant — five  by  the  trail  ? 
Is  the  trail  safe  ?  Is  it  dangerous  ?  Does  it  really  take  two  days  to 
go  down  and  back  ?  Can  it  be  possible  ?  Do  I  think  that  it  is  really 
and  truly  thirteen  miles  across  to  the  opposite  rim  of  the  chasm  ? 
Why  it  looks  as  if  one  might  call  to  a  person  over  there.  Can  it  be 
possible  that  this  chasm  is  700  miles  long  ?  Do  I  believe  it  ?  Is  n't  it 
incredible  that  we  can  be  standing  here  on  this  rim  in  the  very  center 
of  the  whole  geological  series  of  the  earth's  crust,  with  that  yawning 
abyss  reaching  more  than  a  mile  deeper,  and  the  river  running  in  the 
archean  granite  ?  How  can  they  know  that  the  geological  horizon 
in  which  we  are  standing  here  on  this  rim  is  the  upper  carboniferous  ? 
By  this  cherty  limestone?  Is  cherty  spelled  c-h-u-r-t-y  or  c-h-i-r  ? 
Do  I  believe  the  Government  really  paid  Moran  $i8,OOOfor  a 
picture  ? 

Sir,  or  madam,  whichever  your  sex  may  be,  you  are  no  doubt  a 
perfectly  respectable  and  worthy  person,  but  to  me,  at  this  time  and 
in  this  place,  you  are,   with  your  gabbling,   inquisitive  tongue  and 


GRAND   CANON    OP   THE    COLORADO    RIVER.  145 

your  note-book,  an  insufferable  bore.  Pray  address  your  questions 
to  somebody  interested  in  the  mensurations  and  the  geology  of  this 
overwhelming  spectacle.    I  am  only  concerned  with  the  impressions 

it  makes  upon  my  senses,  and  I  don't  care  a whether  it  is  7,000 

feet  or  7,000  miles  down  to  the  bottom  of  the  chasm.  To  me  it  is 
just  as  far  as  it  seems,  and  I  don't  care  what  the  figures  are.  It  is 
the  deepest,  the  most  stupendous,  the  most  appalling,  the  most 
mystically  beautiful,  the  most  sublimely  pathetic — in  a  word,  the 
most  moving  and  irresistible  tragedy  I  have  ever  beheld  or  ever 
expect  to,  and  I  wish  you  would  leave  me  to  enjoy  my  own  im- 
pressions. As  you  are  unable  to  share  them,  I  beg  that  you  will  be 
so  good  as  not  to  interrupt  them  with  questions  in  mensuration  and 
kindergarten  geology.      I  don't  know  whether  cherty  is  spelled  with 

u  or  i  or  an  ox-yoke,  and   I   don't  care  a .      All  that  you  ask, 

and  a  thousand  times  more,  you  will  find  authoritatively  stated  in 
the  reports  of  several  scientific  surveys  made  by  the  Government 
and  printed  as  public  documents. 

They  will  be  found  in  any  public  library  worthy  of  the  name  in 
the  United  States.  Ask  the  librarian  to  let  you  see  the  Report  on 
the  Expedition  of  Lieutenant  Whipple,  in  1853-4;  the  Expedition 
of  Lieutenant  Ives,  in  1858;  that  of  Major  Powell,  about  1868;  that 
by  Lieutenant  Wheeler,  published  in  1875,  vol.  Ill,  and  whatever 
else  has  followed.  If  you  have  not  easy  access  to  a  large  public 
library,  send  to  "  The  Bureau  of  Scientific  Surveys,  Washington," 
(this  is  not  the  exact  title,  but  it  will  do,)  and  ask  for  a  catalogue  of 
the  publications  bearing  on  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado. 
From  this  you  can  select  what  you  want,  and  perhaps  obtain  it  free 
through  your  Member  of  Congress;   if  not,  the  cost  is  but  a  trifle. 

Major  Powell's  book  is  the  thing  you  should  get. 

The  railroad  does  not  come  within  sixty-five  miles  of  the  Grand 
Canon.  You  leave  the  cars  at  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  and  come  out  by 
the  daily  stage.  It  is  an  easy  and  delightful  ride  of  ten  or  eleven 
hours,  most  of  the  way  through  the  beautiful,  park-like  Coconino 
pine  forest  and   "  The  National  Grand  Canon  Reserve,"  which  con- 


I46  PERSONAL   IMPRESSIONS   OF  THE   GRAND   CANON. 

tains  about  2,000,000  acres.  The  road  lies  along  the  base  of  the 
beautiful  San  Francisco  Mountains,  and  you  are  whirled  along  at 
breezy  speed,  in  an  easy  coach,  behind  a  champing  four-in-hand  team, 
through  a  charming  succession  of  sylvan  scenes,  in  a  crisp  and 
bracing  atmosphere  that  comes  to  your  lungs  laden  with  homely 
odor  of  pine  and  the  bewitching  fragrance  of  wild  flowers.  The 
horses  are  changed  four  times  on  the  way  and  so  are  always  fresh, 
and  there  is  none  of  the  old,  dusty,  thumping  stage-coach  sensation 
of  dragging  along. 

Come  to  see  it.  There  is  no  hardship  in  the  journey.  You 
must  not  conclude  that  because  it  is  in  Arizona  it  will  be  found  hot. 
The  altitude  prevents.  All  the  way  from  Flagstaff  "  to  the  rim  "  it 
is  about  7,000  feet. 

Come  and  see  it.  The  trip  will  be  a  grand  episode  in  your  life. 
The  matchless  spectacle  will  become  a  noble  and  deathless  memory. 

Come  and  behold  the  marvelous  vision  where  silence  has  dimen- 
sion and  color;   where  color  has  melody  and  fragrance. 

Come  and  dream  of  the  gorgeous  and  appalling  sepulchre  of 
God  and  then  you  will  realize  how  inadequately  I  have,  in  this  hasty 
sketch,  suggested  to  your  imagination  its  stupendous  glories  and  its 
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THE  GRAND  CANON  CAVERN. 

I  From  the  Coconino  Sun,  Flagstaff,  Arizona.] 

To  a  cook  named  Joseph  Gildner,  employed  in  the  mining  camp 
of  Messrs.  Cameron  &  Berry  in  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado 
near  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  belongs  the  honor  of  discovering  what 
savants  had  looked  for  in  vain,  although  they  had  every  reason  to 
presume  that  what  they  sought  was  in  existence,  and  what  geologists 
have  long  desired  to  find,  in  the  hope  that  some  further  light  might 
be  thrown  upon  some  matters  connected  with  the  geological  forma- 
tion of  the  Grand  Canon,  which  hitherto  could  only  be  conjectured. 
It  has  long  been  contended  that  if  caves  could  only  be  discovered 
some  more  definite  information  could  be  gleaned  of  the  many  thou- 
sands of  feet  of  strata  which  it  is  claimed  by  geologists  have  been 
swept  away  by  erosion  from  the  surface  of  this  platform.  Several 
of  the  caves  have  lately  been  discovered,  but  only  one  so  far  has 
been  partially  explored,  and  that  is  the  one  located  by  the  man 
Gildner. 

Standing  on  Clear  Creek  Canon,  a  mile  below  the  plateau  on 
which  the  camp  and  mines  are  situated,  and  looking  up  at  the  en- 
trance to  this  cave,  one  is  filled  with  vague  horror  and  amazement 
at  the  mere  thought  of  any  one  venturing  to  climb  along  the  pre- 
cipitous face  of  the  mountain  to  explore  its  depths.  Even  with  the 
aid  of  a  powerful  glass  it  does  not  seem  possible  that  a  chamois  or 
mountain  goat  could  find  a  foothold  there.  How  the  man  ever 
got  there  in  the  first  instance  without  a  rope  or  any  other  assistance 
and  escaped  falling  down  and  being  dashed  to  pieces  at  the  base  of 
the  rock,  a  precipitous  descent  of  over  1,000  feet,  is  a  mystery. 
But  certain  it  is  he  got  there  and  found  two  entrances  to  the  cave, 
through  one  of  which  he  was  barely  able  to  drag  his  body,  but  the 
vision  he  there  beheld  in  the  dim,  imperfect  light  made  him  quickly 
withdraw  and  acquaint  the  manager  and  active  partner  of  the 
mine,  Mr.  P.  D.  Berry,  with  his  discovery. 

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The  cliff  in  which  this  cave  was  discovered  rises  almost  abruptly 
from  the  plateau  on  which  the  camp  is  situated,  and  frowns  down 
menacingly  on  the  canon  below.  It  is  truly  a  very  forbidding 
object,  composed  of  a  dirty  reddish  limestone  formation,  and  seems 
to  warn  the  venturesome  that  death  awaits  him  who  would  pry  too 
closely  into  the  secrets  that  Nature  has  so  closely  guarded  in  her  im- 
penetrable bosom.  But  such  considerations  have  but  little  weight 
with  the  men  who  establish  the  frontier  settlements,  and  next  morning 
Mr.  Berry  had  a  gang  of  men  employed  digging  a  trail  from  the 
summit  of  the  plateau  to  the  mouth  of  the  cave.  The  work  was 
arduous,  but  the  persistent  labor  of  the  men  was  amply  rewarded, 
and  now  they  have  got  a  trail  that  any  one  can  walk  along  without 
danger,  a  splendid  platform  at  the  mouth  of  the  cave  about  six  feet 
wide,  and  the  entrance  has  been  enlarged  until  a  man  can  almost 
walk  into  it  erect. 

To  describe  it  as  a  cave  is  not  literally  correct.  It  is  rather  an 
intricate  series  of  caves  branching  out  one  from  the  other,  and  ex- 
tending in  every  direction  under  the  mountains.  The  first  cave  or 
compartment  is  fully  300  feet  long  and  of  varying  height,  extend- 
ing from  about  ten  feet  in  some  places  to  eighty  or  ninety  feet  in 
others,  and  the  view  presented  to  the  beholder  is  almost  sufficient  to 
take  one's  breath  away.  Pendent  from  the  ceiling  and  the  sides  of 
the  cave  are  the  most  beautiful  formations  of  stalactite,  and  the 
reflection  from  these  as  the  light  of  candles  or  torches  is  thrown  on 
them  is  dazzling  in  its  brilliancy.  But  while  the  glance  is  momen- 
tarily riveted  on  the  scene  here  exposed  to  view,  attention  is  almost 
insensibly  drawn  to  the  floor  beneath.  There  a  view  is  presented 
that  beggars  description.  At  first  glance  it  would  seem  as  if  the 
bottom  of  the  Indian  Ocean  had  been  suddenly  transplanted  for  the 
benefit  of  the  visitors  to  this  cave.  Mountain  after  mountain  of 
coral,  pink  and  white,  appear  in  rapid  succession,  while  sea  ane- 
mones of  every  conceivable  hue  and  color  seem  to  float  around  in 
endless  variety.  There  are  parterres  and  rows  of  flowers  arranged 
in  such  order  that  it  would  put  any  landscape  painter  to   the  blush, 


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while  the  bowers  and  grottoes  that  abound  might  have  served   as  a 
resting-place  for  Queen  Mab  and  her  fairy  satellites. 

The  second  cave  is  of  about  the  same  dimensions  as  the  first,  but 
much  higher,  and  the  columns  of  stalactite  are  very  much  larger 
and  more  diversified  in  shape.  Here  large  pieces  of  stalactite  have 
fallen  from  the  roof  and  sides  of  the  cave,  pressed  down  by  the 
superincumbent  weight,  and  been  shattered  to  atoms  on  the  floor 
below,  while  vast  sheets  hang  from  the  walls  with  scarcely  any 
perceptible  support,  revealing  almost  every  form  of  animate  or 
inanimate  nature,  grotesque  at  times,  'tis  true,  but  always  with  a 
sufficiently  strong  resemblance.  Here  may  be  found  the  jaws  of 
leviathan  sharks,  the  serrated  rows  of  teeth  looking  as  ugly  as  if  the 
monster  were  springing  from  the  deep  to  tear  down  its  victim  who 
was  being  hoisted  on  board  a  vessel;  there  the  deadly  swordfish,  with 
its  cruel,  sharp  weapon,  ever  in  readiness  for  attack  or  defense; 
while  in  the  most  inconceivable  places  may  be  found  saws  of  every 
description,  from  the  tiniest  to  the  big  cross-cut. 

But  the  most  wonderful  sight  of  all  is  what  is  called  the  "  White 
Cave."  Shortly  after  entering,  the  visitor  is  confronted  with  a  lion 
rampant  on  a  pedestal  about  eighteen  inches  long.  The  figure 
stands  about  a  foot  high  and  is  as  nearly  perfect  in  detail  as  any- 
thing that  ever  left  the  sculptor's  or  molder's  hands.  A  few  feet 
from  there  stands  a  Burmese  pagoda  which,  when  a  candle  is  placed 
in  rear  of  it,  seems  to  be  lighted  up  as  if  for  service,  while  the 
sacred  elephant  stands  out  in  bold  relief  in  dazzling  whiteness,  a 
piece  of  crystallized  lime  forming  the  eye  which,  with  the  glare  of 
the  candle  upon  it,  seems  to  flash  out  luridly  and  angrily  at  having 
been  disturbed  after  ages  of  repose. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  describe  the  various  compartments  the 
writer  went  through  in  a  journey  of  about  four  hours.  Many  of  them 
are  of  such  enormous  height  that  the  flare  of  the  candles  or  torches 
serves. to  reveal  nothing  but  impenetrable  blackness  up  above,  while 
the  sides  in  all  cases  are  lined  with  the  most  fantastic  and  grotesque 
shapes.    In  one  place  is  to  be  found  a  bay  window,  the  curtains  and 


152  PERSONAL    IMPRESSIONS   OF   THE   GRAND   CANON. 

window  blinds  arranged  in  the  most  artistic  manner,  while  every- 
where you  can  select  your  own  chime  of  bells  and  discourse  sweet 
music  with  cymbals  thrown  in. 

A  peculiar  feature  about  this  cave  is,  that  whereas  most  of  the 
stalactite  is  formed  by  white  limestone,  there  is  none  of  that  sub- 
stance now  forming  the  rock,  the  upper  strata  being  composed  of 
the  red  limestone,  and  it  will  be  a  question  for  geologists  to  deter- 
mine what  period  of  time  has  elapsed  since  this  stalactite,  whiter 
than  alabaster,  was  formed.  Moreover,  everything  in  the  cave  at 
the  present  time  is  as  dry  as  tinder,  and  it  would  seem  as  if 
centuries  had  elapsed  since  any  water  percolated  through.  A 
bathroom  there  is  of  enormous  dimensions,  but  no  trace  of  water, 
nor  is  there  any  evidence  of  animal  life  beyond  the  nests  made  by 
some  rats. 

The  cave  varies  from  about  ten  feet  high  at  the  entrance  to  where 
you  cannot  see  the  top.  Its  width  is  from  sixty  to  seventy  feet,  but 
its  length  has  not  yet  been  determined  on,  and  it  is  simply  a  matter 
of  conjecture  as  to  where  it  leads.  About  ioo  feet  from  the  en- 
trance the  visitor  is  confronted  with  a  regular  forest  of  trees  from 
eight  to  ten  feet  in  height,  the  branches  and  leaves  being  almost  as 
perfect  as  in  a  natural  forest.  And  yet  these  are  all  formed  of  stal- 
agmite of  dazzling  whiteness. 

The  cave  also  abounds  in  grotesque  forms  pendant  from  the  roof 
and  sides,  and  any  one  visiting  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado 
will  miss  one  of  the  principal  attractions  if  they  omit  to  see  them. 


OOINO    TO    THE    liRAN'l)    CANON. 


AN    ENTHUSIASTIC     DESCRIPTION. 

BY    G.    WHARTON    JAMES,    PASADENA,    CM.. 

The  Grand  Canon!  God's  stupendous  masterpiece  on  earth! 
A  mountain  chain  turned  upside  down  and  thrust  into  the  world's 
crust,  with  all  its  ravines,  crests,  gorges,  ridges,  detached  pea 
and  forests,  and  at  the  lowest  point  of  the  V,  made  the  bed  of  an 
immense  river.  A  chaos  of  color  such  as  no  mountain  range  on 
earth  ever  resembled,  for,  while  there  are  forests,  there  are  hundreds 
of  square  miles  of  bare,  barren,  solid  rock  in  all  the  colors,  shades 
and  tints  of  the  rainbow,  a  striking  red  being  the  dominant  note  in 
this  novel  harmony  of  colors.  A  wilderness  of  architectural  forms 
such  as  no  other  wilderness  affords,  or  dream  of  earth's  paltry 
builders  ever  conceived,  for  here  are  suggestions  for  new  styles  of 
architecture  when  Assyrian,  Egyptian,  Hindoo,  Greek,  Roman, 
Tartarian,  Gothic,  Florentine,  Elizabethan,  and  more  modern  styles 
are  relegated  to  the  lumber-piles  of  the  ages.  Towers,  domes, 
obelisks,  palaces,  cathedrals,  castles  innumerable,  stupendous  in 
size,  grand  and  majestic  in  ensemble,  harmonious  in  proportion, 
novel  in  architecture.  With  cunning  skill  the  chisels  of  the  ages, 
the  enawine  forces  of  Nature,  have  molded  and  shaped  the  slowly- 
yielding  rock  to  suit  the  mind  of  the  Master  Architect,  and  man, 
astounded,  bewildered,  delighted,  gazes  at  the  results  in   cntrance- 

ment. 

Reached  from  Flagstaff  and  other  points  on  the  great  transcon- 
tinental line  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  that  traveler  affords  himself 
a  scenic  banquet,  incomparable  and  unique,  who  visits  this 
unequaled  "Water-way  of  the  Gods.''  According  to  the  concep- 
tions of  the  localized  aborigines,  this  vast  chasm  was  made  by  their 
most  powerful  gods,  and  to  prevent  weak,  puny,  curious  man  from 
following  them  to  the  abodes  of  deity,  they  turned  the  vast  stream 

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of  the  Colorado  River  into  its  depths.  But  "  in  the  days  when  the 
world  will  be  aged"  the  course  of  the  stream  will  be  diverted,  and 
the  gods  will  come  again  to  earth.  And,  slightly  to  the  left  of 
Grand  View  Point,  at  the  head  of  the  Grand  View  trail,  reached 
from  Flagstaff,  three-fourths  of  the  way  across  the  canon  can  be 
seen  the  giant,  rocky  gateway  through  which  the  new-coming  gods 
will  make  their  descent. 

Directly  across  is  the  vast  wall  of  the  great  Kaibab  plateau,  one 
of  the  highest  portions  of  the  whole  rim  of  the  canon.  Slightly  to 
the  right,  the  most  imposing  of  all  the  towers  of  this  gloriously 
carved  region  is  one  named  "Powell's  Temple,"  dedicated  to  that 
indefatigable  and  daring  explorer,  Major  J.  W.  Powell,  formerly 
director  of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  and  the  Bureau  of 
Ethnology,  and  to  whose  endeavors  the  exploration  of  the  long  and 
dangerous  depths  of  the  canons  of  the  Colorado  was  due. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  canon  are  the  Three  Castles,  on  a 
tilting  stratum  of  rock,  and  a  little  beyond  is  "Ayer's  Peak,"  so 
named  from  Mrs.  E.  E.  Ayer,  of  Chicago,  the  first  white  woman 
who  is  known  to  have  made  the  descent  to  the  river  at  this  point. 

Several  miles  to  the  east,  still  on  the  south  side,  its  summit 
crowned  and  shaded  by  a  portion  of  the  vast  Coconino  Forest,  is 
Moran's  Point,  on  which  the  great  artist  made  his  noted  painting  of 
the  canon,  and,  a  few  miles  beyond,  is  Bissel's  Point,  from  which 
an  extended  view  is  had  of  the  sculptured  forms  made  by  the  influx 
of  the  Little  Colorado  River,  and  the  open  space  in  the  canon 
through  which  the  Colorado  Grande  winds  its  tortuous  way  towards 
the  sea.  Across  from  Bissel's  Point  is  Cape  Final,  the  last  great 
cape  of  the  Kaibab   plateau. 

It  is  from  just  above  this  point  the  real  Grand  Canon  begins. 
While  Marble,  Glen,  and  a  score  of  other  canons  higher  up  the  river 
are  stupendous,  marvelous,  grand,  it  is  only  when  the  river  reaches 
the  primeval  rock,  the  granite,  of  which  the  foundations  of  the  world 
are  formed,  that  the  sublime  depths  of  this  unique  waterway  are 
disclosed.      For   a   distance    of   some   two   hundred    and    seventeen 


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miles  the  river  rages  and  dashes  and  roars,  pouring  its  tremendous 
flood  headlong  to  the  passage  it  has  cut  through  the  sandy  deserts 
of  Eastern  California,  and  this  two  hundred  and  seventeen  miles 
only  is  known  distinctively  as  The  Grand  Canon.  No  other  canon  in 
the  world  should  be  known  by  that  name,  no  matter  how  qualified. 
Just  as  it  seems  irreverent  to  use  the  name  of  the  Deity  to  designate- 
false  gods,  so  is  it  to  use  the  name  of  this  solitary  piece  of  divinely 
wrought  grandeur  for  any  inferior  work. 

For  over  a  decade  I  have  been  closely  studying  it,  wandering 
along  its  rim  for  hundreds  of  miles,  exploring  its  side  canons  in 
every  direction,  and  seeking  to  penetrate  to  the  secrets  of  its  lowest 
depths.  Months  and  months  of  familiar  study  have  not  lessened  its 
attractions,  nor  lowered  the  profound  feelings  of  awe  with  which  it 
has  always  impressed  me.  I  return  to  it  constantly  as  a  lover  to 
his  mistress,  a  student  to  his  books,  a  chemist  to  the  mysteries  he 
would  solve,  a  prospector  to  the  gold  he  would  discover,  and  ever 
and  always  do  I  find  in  it  new  treasures  of  sublime  grandeur,  new 
glories  of  stupendous  carving,  new  enhancements  of  gorgeous 
coloring,   all    declaring   in   their  own    unmistakable   language, — 

"The  hand   that  made  us  is  Divine." 


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THE  GRAND  CANON. 

[From  the  Coconino  Sun,  Flagstaff,  Arizona.] 

The  Grand  Canon  is  the  most  wonderful  geological  and  spec- 
tacular phenomenon  known  to  mankind.  It  was  no  exaggeration 
to  call  it  the  sublimest  of  gorges,  the  Titan  of  chasms.  There  is 
but  one  Grand  Canon,  and  nowhere  on  earth  can  its  like  be  found. 
Language  is  too  faint  and  weak  to  convey  any  adequate  idea  of  the 
sublimity  and  grandeur  of  this  most  awe-inspiring  of  Nature's 
wondrous  works.  It  must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated,  and  even  then 
humanity  stands  aghast,  oppressed  with  an  indefinable  sense  of 
terror,  while  at  the  same  time  all  the  senses  are  charmed  with  the 
indescribable  beauties  that  are  opened  up  to  the  vision.  An 
eminent  writer  in  describing  it  defined  it  as  "  An  inferno,  swathed 
in  soft  celestial  fires;  a  whole  chaotic  under-world,  just  emptied  of 
primeval  floods  and  waiting  for  a  new  creative  world;  a  boding, 
terrible  thing,  unflinchingly  real,  yet  spectral  as  a  dream,  eluding 
all  sense  of  perspective  or  dimension;  outstretching  the  faculty  of 
measurement,  overlapping  the  confines  of  definite  apprehension." 

This  stupendous  panorama  is  situated  wholly  in  the  northern 
part  of  Arizona.  Correctly  speaking,  it  is  not  a  canon,  but  rather 
an  intricate  system  of  canons,  all  subordinate  to  the  river  channel. 
and  forming  a  whole  that  is  fully  one  thousand  square  miles  in 
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HOW    TO    GET    THERE. 

To  those  to  whom  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  is  a  terra 
incognito  a  few  words  may  not  be  amiss  as  to  how  to  get  there. 
Starting  from  any  point  where  the  Santa  Fe  railroad  has  either  a 
direct  line  of  communication,  Albuquerque,  N.  M.,  is  easily  reached, 
and  from  thence  on  to  Flagstaff,  Ariz.,  the  traveler  is  carried  oil 
through  some  of  the  most  beautiful  and  diversified  scenery  of  the 
Rockies.  Arriving  at  Flagstaff  a  stagecoach  is  taken  to  the  Grand 
Canon.  Then  the  drive  is  sixty-five  miles  long,  which  is  easily 
accomplished  in  ten  hours,  there  being  four  relays  of  horses  for  the 
journey,  so  that  the  animajs  are  always  fresh,  and  the  road  being  a 
solid  mountain  road  free  from  any  obstructions,  jars  and  jolts  .ire 
almost  unknown.  The  course  is  along  what  is  perhaps  the  most 
beautiful  scenery  in  Arizona  or  elsewhere.  For  the  first  twenty 
miles  it  lies  through  a  beautiful  forest  of  pine  trees,  dotted  here  and 
there  with  parks,  circling  the  base  of  the  far-famed  San  Francisco 
Mountains,  past  the  pre-historic  cave  dwellings  and  away  out  into 
the  open  prairie,  relieved  by  tracts  of  scrub  cedar  and  pinyon  tr 
the  home  of  the  prairie-dog  and  antelope.  An  excellent  lunch  can 
be  procured  at  Cedar  Ranch,  thirty-four  miles  from  Flagstaff,  and 
thence  once  more  away  across  the  prairie  through  Cottontail  Canon, 
where  geologists  can  find  much  to  interest  them,  one  side  of  the 
canon,  which  is  only  about  fifty  feet  wide,  being  composed  of  lime- 
stone formation  while  the  opposite  side  is  malapai.  Then  bounding 
over  the  prairie  again  until  Moqui  is  reached,  and  a  few  miles 
further  when  the  road  again  lies  through  the  lordly  Coconino  forest 
interspersed  with  sylvan  glades  and  fragrant  meadows  for  about 
twelve  miles. 

The  caves,  which  now  form  one  of  the  principal  of  the  many 
attractions  of  the  Grand  Canon,  can  only  be  reached  by  the 
Cameron  or  Grand  View  trail. 

G.  K.  Woods, 

General  Manager  Grand  Canon  Stage  Line. 
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"POR  any  further  information  in  regard  to  the 
Grand    Canon   of  the   Colorado    River   in 
Arizona,  or  this  volume,  address, 

G.  K.  WOODS, 

General  Manager  Grand  Canon  Stage  Line 
Flagstaff,  Arizona  Ter. 


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